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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Themistocles
Lliad
draconian
Isthmus
2. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
Cyrus
symposium
Hoplon
3. 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
The Delian league
Satrap
Homer
4. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Miltiades
Battle of Marathon
polis
Pythia
5. TheAthenian messenger that supposedly ran toAthens to announce their victory in the Battle of Marathon and also supposedly ran fromAthens to Sparta to ask the Spartans for help
The Long Walls
Pheidippides
labyrinth
oligarchy
6. TheAthenian word for victory
tyrant
Odyssey
Nike
Sir Arthur Evans
7. Public speaking
Syracuse
Hereditary Monarchy
rhetoric
Mardonius
8. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pericles
Hoplite
Pythia
metics
9. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Persia
tyrant
Odyssey
rhetoric
10. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
aristocrats
Odyssey
The Peloponnesian League
11. The governor of an administrative district
polis
Satrap
polis
The Peloponnesian League
12. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Hereditary Monarchy
Sir Arthur Evans
Sophists
draconian
13. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Sir Arthur Evans
aristocrats
Syracuse
The Parthenon
14. The Greek word for excessive pride
Battle of Thermopylae
draconian
Mardonius
Hubris
15. TheAthenian messenger that supposedly ran toAthens to announce their victory in the Battle of Marathon and also supposedly ran fromAthens to Sparta to ask the Spartans for help
Lliad
Melians
Pericles
Pheidippides
16. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Sophists
The Delian league
Battle of Thermopylae
mercenary
17. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Sir Arthur Evans
The Parthenon
phalanx
Battle of Salamis
18. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pythia
Peloponnesus
Satrap
Lysander
19. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
'dark age'
Battle of Mycale
Triremes
Miltiades
20. 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.
Sir Arthur Evans
democracy
phalanx
The Delian league
21. A maze
Aspasia
Nike
labyrinth
rhetoric
22. 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
Melos
'dark age'
Lysander
Bards
23. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Hoplite
Satrap
Sir Arthur Evans
polis
24. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Plataea
rhetoric
25. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
The Parthenon
constitution
polis
26. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Darius
symposium
Melos
Battle of Plataea
27. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Cyrus
Satrap
Hoplon
perioikoi
28. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Mardonius
Bards
The Parthenon
constitution
29. 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
Battle of Mycale
Leonidas
draconian
Alcibiades
30. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Satrapy
Darius
Hoplon
phalanx
31. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Battle of Thermopylae
Satrap
Xerxes
phalanx
32. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
oligarchy
Isthmus
The Parthenon
Darius
33. 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)
Lliad
perioikoi
Pythia
Battle of Salamis
34. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
mercenary
Hoplite
Odyssey
Homer
35. 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
Battle of Thermopylae
Cyrus
Melians
Nike
36. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
'dark age'
aristocrats
Hereditary Monarchy
oligarchy
37. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
mercenary
aristocrats
Darius
symposium
38. 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.
Hereditary Monarchy
Battle of Marathon
metics
Sir Arthur Evans
39. TheAthenian word for victory
polis
Nike
aristocrats
Satrap
40. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Sir Arthur Evans
'dark age'
Lliad
Melos
41. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Pheidippides
Odyssey
citizen
Bards
42. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
phalanx
Hereditary Monarchy
The Long Walls
rhetoric
43. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
Isthmus
'dark age'
Alcibiades
44. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Satrap
Hereditary Monarchy
tyrant
democracy
45. 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)
Pericles
Battle of Salamis
Melos
rhetoric
46. Public speaking
Battle of Mycale
Battle of Marathon
rhetoric
perioikoi
47. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Satrapy
Battle of Marathon
Bards
Alcibiades
48. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Battle of Thermopylae
Themistocles
perioikoi
labyrinth
49. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
50. 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.
Hoplite
The Delian league
Alcibiades
Peloponnesus