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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. 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
Odyssey
Battle of Marathon
Leonidas
Triremes
2. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Lliad
Pheidippides
tyrant
Hoplon
3. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Isthmus
aristocrats
Isthmus
Persia
4. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
constitution
Hereditary Monarchy
Battle of Salamis
Sir Arthur Evans
5. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Pheidippides
The Immortals
Hoplon
The Delian league
6. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
democracy
Sophists
Aspasia
Battle of Thermopylae
7. 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
Pheidippides
Hubris
rhetoric
8. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Satrapy
Leonidas
Melos
Themistocles
9. 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
Persia
The Peloponnesian League
Battle of Plataea
10. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Triremes
Leonidas
Aspasia
Lysander
11. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Battle of Thermopylae
aristocrats
Persia
oligarchy
12. The people from the island of Melos
Leonidas
Melians
The Long Walls
Battle of Mycale
13. Public speaking
Regent
rhetoric
Persia
Sophists
14. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
The Long Walls
The Delian league
Battle of Salamis
Mardonius
15. 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.
labyrinth
Satrap
polis
Pheidippides
16. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Plataea
Syracuse
Satrap
The Immortals
17. 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
Hubris
Hoplon
perioikoi
18. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
The Peloponnesian League
perioikoi
Isthmus
19. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Battle of Marathon
Aspasia
Battle of Plataea
The Peloponnesian League
20. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Cyrus
Hoplon
Battle of Plataea
Isthmus
21. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
Battle of Plataea
Sir Arthur Evans
Melos
22. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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23. 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.
Alcibiades
Battle of Mycale
Xerxes
rhetoric
24. The Greek word for excessive pride
tyrant
'dark age'
Hubris
Battle of Thermopylae
25. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
polis
Battle of Mycale
mercenary
constitution
26. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
Melians
constitution
draconian
27. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Regent
Cyrus
Battle of Salamis
perioikoi
28. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Triremes
'dark age'
draconian
The Parthenon
29. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Alcibiades
Battle of Plataea
mercenary
polis
30. TheAthenian word for victory
perioikoi
Pheidippides
symposium
Nike
31. 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
Satrap
constitution
Pheidippides
Triremes
32. A maze
Nike
labyrinth
Sir Arthur Evans
Sir Arthur Evans
33. 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.
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Mycale
mercenary
Pythia
34. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Melians
Battle of Mycale
Melos
Syracuse
35. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Satrapy
Melians
Aspasia
tyrant
36. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
rhetoric
Hubris
citizen
Syracuse
37. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
perioikoi
Darius
polis
Leonidas
38. 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
Battle of Mycale
polis
Pythia
39. 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)
democracy
Battle of Salamis
The Long Walls
polis
40. An administrative district
Satrapy
Xerxes
Battle of Marathon
constitution
41. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Bards
rhetoric
'dark age'
Themistocles
42. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Odyssey
Hubris
Pythia
Hoplite
43. 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
Hoplite
Battle of Marathon
Pheidippides
tyrant
44. 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
Cultural Pluralism
Cyrus
Battle of Mycale
45. A substitute ruler
phalanx
Regent
Miltiades
Battle of Salamis
46. 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
Lysander
The Long Walls
Sir Arthur Evans
Battle of Marathon
47. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
perioikoi
rhetoric
labyrinth
48. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
The Delian league
perioikoi
phalanx
Bards
49. A maze
mercenary
Alcibiades
labyrinth
Regent
50. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
The Long Walls
Xerxes
Odyssey
Pheidippides