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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
The Peloponnesian League
'dark age'
Satrapy
Homer
2. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Hoplite
Pericles
Themistocles
constitution
3. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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4. 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.
polis
oligarchy
Cyrus
Pheidippides
5. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
Bards
polis
Themistocles
6. A land bridge
Isthmus
Lysander
Cyrus
Nike
7. TheAthenian word for victory
Hoplon
Sophists
polis
Nike
8. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
democracy
tyrant
labyrinth
Sir Arthur Evans
9. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
mercenary
The Parthenon
Hereditary Monarchy
10. 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.
Battle of Marathon
Hoplon
The Delian league
Triremes
11. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
Miltiades
Isthmus
The Parthenon
12. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Aspasia
citizen
Homer
The Delian league
13. An administrative district
Pericles
Satrapy
'dark age'
Battle of Plataea
14. 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.
Bards
Persia
Satrapy
metics
15. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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16. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Xerxes
Miltiades
Satrapy
The Immortals
17. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Mardonius
oligarchy
Sir Arthur Evans
democracy
18. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Nike
labyrinth
metics
Sophists
19. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Mardonius
metics
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Plataea
20. A substitute ruler
Melos
tyrant
perioikoi
Regent
21. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Satrapy
phalanx
The Parthenon
Sir Arthur Evans
22. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
The Parthenon
Pythia
Persia
democracy
23. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
symposium
mercenary
Miltiades
Cyrus
24. An administrative district
Darius
Satrapy
Nike
Peloponnesus
25. A substitute ruler
Odyssey
The Peloponnesian League
Regent
Hereditary Monarchy
26. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Triremes
Cyrus
Melians
Pericles
27. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
citizen
mercenary
Lliad
28. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
perioikoi
Sophists
polis
Isthmus
29. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
Triremes
polis
Pericles
30. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hereditary Monarchy
Pythia
Battle of Mycale
Pheidippides
31. A maze
The Delian league
Cultural Pluralism
Hubris
labyrinth
32. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Xerxes
aristocrats
Melos
polis
33. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
The Long Walls
The Immortals
rhetoric
Bards
34. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
The Peloponnesian League
Mardonius
Lliad
rhetoric
35. 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.
Lliad
democracy
polis
Battle of Mycale
36. 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
Isthmus
Leonidas
Pheidippides
mercenary
37. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Peloponnesus
Syracuse
Odyssey
Lysander
38. 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
Pericles
constitution
Bards
Sophists
39. 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
Alcibiades
constitution
Odyssey
40. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
The Peloponnesian League
Aspasia
Themistocles
oligarchy
41. TheAthenian word for victory
Nike
rhetoric
Hoplite
Homer
42. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
Mardonius
Hoplon
Bards
43. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
constitution
Melos
tyrant
Pythia
44. 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 -
symposium
Melians
Leonidas
citizen
45. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Bards
Xerxes
oligarchy
The Immortals
46. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
symposium
Battle of Marathon
Darius
Triremes
47. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
The Delian league
polis
democracy
48. 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 -
Leonidas
'dark age'
symposium
Battle of Thermopylae
49. A land bridge
Isthmus
Sir Arthur Evans
Hoplite
Hereditary Monarchy
50. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
oligarchy
Bards
polis
Hereditary Monarchy