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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
The Parthenon
Pythia
phalanx
Battle of Plataea
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
metics
Themistocles
Lysander
3. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Alcibiades
The Peloponnesian League
draconian
Pericles
4. An administrative district
Satrapy
phalanx
Mardonius
Regent
5. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Bards
Sir Arthur Evans
citizen
Persia
6. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
oligarchy
perioikoi
Hereditary Monarchy
Pheidippides
7. A battle between the Persians and the Greeks in which the Persians relied on the help of the Ionians to defeat the Greeks - but the Ionians backed out at the last minute - so the Greeks won.
Pheidippides
The Delian league
Battle of Mycale
Battle of Thermopylae
8. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
Battle of Marathon
Cultural Pluralism
symposium
9. A league started by theAthenians that had the objective of keeping the Persians away from Greece and freeing cities from Persia. It made theAthenians very powerful.
The Delian league
phalanx
Cultural Pluralism
Xerxes
10. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Sir Arthur Evans
labyrinth
Hereditary Monarchy
constitution
11. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Odyssey
constitution
The Delian league
Battle of Salamis
12. 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.
metics
symposium
Persia
Cultural Pluralism
13. 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.
Battle of Plataea
symposium
Odyssey
polis
14. From the word for 'drinking together'; an after-dinner drinking party attended by elite males. they sang poems - posed riddles - played drinking games - and delivered philosophical speeches. Other entertainment was provided by musicians - jugglers -
Miltiades
Regent
The Delian league
symposium
15. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Peloponnesus
Themistocles
Mardonius
Cultural Pluralism
16. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Long Walls
oligarchy
symposium
rhetoric
17. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
'dark age'
Alcibiades
Lliad
18. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Hereditary Monarchy
Pythia
Alcibiades
Mardonius
19. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Immortals
Battle of Salamis
Lysander
oligarchy
20. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Hoplite
citizen
Hoplon
The Peloponnesian League
21. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Sophists
symposium
Battle of Thermopylae
Hoplon
22. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Battle of Marathon
The Immortals
Sir Arthur Evans
Lysander
23. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
Battle of Salamis
Isthmus
tyrant
24. A land bridge
Lysander
Homer
Isthmus
The Peloponnesian League
25. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
Hereditary Monarchy
Cultural Pluralism
Regent
26. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
The Immortals
Battle of Thermopylae
Cyrus
Miltiades
27. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Melos
Odyssey
Battle of Marathon
aristocrats
28. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
The Long Walls
constitution
Leonidas
29. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hereditary Monarchy
Bards
Themistocles
Satrapy
30. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Cultural Pluralism
aristocrats
'dark age'
The Immortals
31. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Battle of Salamis
Pythia
metics
mercenary
32. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Alcibiades
oligarchy
Alcibiades
Themistocles
33. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
Battle of Thermopylae
Cultural Pluralism
metics
34. 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
Pythia
democracy
tyrant
Battle of Thermopylae
35. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
The Delian league
Mardonius
draconian
Isthmus
36. 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
Persia
Melos
The Delian league
Lysander
37. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
labyrinth
Hereditary Monarchy
Themistocles
The Long Walls
38. The Greek word for excessive pride
symposium
Battle of Mycale
Battle of Marathon
Hubris
39. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Miltiades
Hoplite
democracy
phalanx
40. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
aristocrats
mercenary
Lysander
41. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
Mardonius
Xerxes
Battle of Plataea
42. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
aristocrats
Bards
citizen
Hoplite
43. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
The Delian league
Syracuse
The Immortals
44. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
Syracuse
polis
Aspasia
45. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
The Parthenon
Miltiades
Triremes
46. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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47. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Bards
democracy
Miltiades
Isthmus
48. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Sir Arthur Evans
Darius
oligarchy
Melos
49. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Lliad
Bards
Darius
Sophists
50. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Pheidippides
Leonidas
Satrapy
Homer