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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A battle between the Greeks and the Persians in which the remaining Persian troops (lead by Mardonius) attempted to defeat the Greek troops - and because they were so small - the Greeks easily triumphed
polis
Battle of Plataea
Nike
Pericles
2. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians and Ionians in which the Persians wanted control of Ionia - and the Ionians andAthenians met at Marathon and fought until theAthenians won
Battle of Marathon
The Immortals
Satrap
democracy
3. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Homer
The Long Walls
mercenary
Themistocles
4. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Miltiades
Satrapy
Xerxes
Odyssey
5. A maze
Aspasia
citizen
labyrinth
Hoplon
6. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Triremes
Xerxes
democracy
Sir Arthur Evans
7. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Darius
Mardonius
constitution
perioikoi
8. A substitute ruler
Regent
Bards
The Long Walls
draconian
9. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Pericles
constitution
phalanx
Melos
10. People living inAthens who were notAthenian citizens - who could work and who paid taxes but were not allowed to own land or take part in government.
Syracuse
metics
Hoplon
Alcibiades
11. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
aristocrats
Battle of Mycale
Cyrus
Syracuse
12. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
The Peloponnesian League
polis
Persia
13. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Xerxes
phalanx
The Delian league
draconian
14. The Spartan that was in power ofAthens after the loss of the first Peloponnesian war who theAthenians eventually rebelled against to get their independence back
Lysander
citizen
Satrapy
citizen
15. The Spartan that was in power ofAthens after the loss of the first Peloponnesian war who theAthenians eventually rebelled against to get their independence back
The Parthenon
Lysander
Battle of Thermopylae
Cultural Pluralism
16. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Lysander
rhetoric
tyrant
Peloponnesus
17. People living inAthens who were notAthenian citizens - who could work and who paid taxes but were not allowed to own land or take part in government.
polis
metics
constitution
The Immortals
18. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Regent
Pythia
Alcibiades
Themistocles
19. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Battle of Marathon
Cultural Pluralism
Pericles
perioikoi
20. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
symposium
Sophists
labyrinth
21. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Pheidippides
Syracuse
Hubris
The Parthenon
22. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
constitution
Pythia
Miltiades
Pericles
23. A battle between the Persian and the Spartans in which the Persian attempted to avenge Darius' defeat during the Battle of Marathon - and - due to a Greek traitor - the war ended up being 300 Spartans against 10 -000 Persians (the immortals) - so the
The Delian league
Battle of Thermopylae
Hoplite
tyrant
24. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
mercenary
Lliad
Triremes
Battle of Plataea
25. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Themistocles
aristocrats
democracy
Aspasia
26. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Darius
Cultural Pluralism
oligarchy
Hubris
27. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
phalanx
Odyssey
draconian
Pheidippides
28. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Syracuse
Persia
Battle of Mycale
The Parthenon
29. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
draconian
aristocrats
Homer
Peloponnesus
30. A battle between the Persians and theAthenians that was caused by the Persians burningAthens and took place in the sea. TheAthenians won because of there more maneuverable ships (triremes)
Battle of Marathon
oligarchy
citizen
Battle of Salamis
31. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
tyrant
Peloponnesus
Nike
Lliad
32. A Greek man that was so desperate for glory that he started a war against Sparta that theAthenians were bound to lose - and when he got called back toAthens for vandalism - he went to the Spartans to aid them
Regent
Homer
Alcibiades
Hoplite
33. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
Hereditary Monarchy
tyrant
Bards
34. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
Lliad
Battle of Thermopylae
The Parthenon
35. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Cultural Pluralism
metics
Lliad
polis
36. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Cultural Pluralism
Darius
Odyssey
Leonidas
37. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Regent
rhetoric
Hoplite
'dark age'
38. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
citizen
Hoplon
The Immortals
The Parthenon
39. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Lysander
Satrap
phalanx
Leonidas
40. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Bards
tyrant
polis
oligarchy
41. A self-governing city-state; the basic political unit of the Greek world. comprised a city - with its acropolis and agora and the surrounding territory.
symposium
Isthmus
polis
Alcibiades
42. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Cyrus
The Immortals
Melos
Persia
43. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
The Delian league
phalanx
citizen
44. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Hoplon
Hubris
Cyrus
metics
45. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Long Walls
Miltiades
democracy
labyrinth
46. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Battle of Salamis
The Long Walls
Lliad
The Peloponnesian League
47. The people from the island of Melos
draconian
Persia
Melians
'dark age'
48. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
aristocrats
Hoplon
Homer
Homer
49. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Melos
Themistocles
constitution
Alcibiades
50. A politician inAthens that was dominant during the Periclean age who grew the Delian league into something close to an empire - approved a final peace with Persia and oversaw the building of the Parthenon
'dark age'
Pericles
Themistocles
The Immortals