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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
Battle of Marathon
constitution
Battle of Marathon
2. A maze
Pericles
Lysander
'dark age'
labyrinth
3. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Persia
Xerxes
Darius
Aspasia
4. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
Pericles
Regent
Xerxes
5. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Hoplon
perioikoi
citizen
aristocrats
6. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
constitution
Regent
The Long Walls
7. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Persia
mercenary
The Parthenon
Satrapy
8. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
The Parthenon
phalanx
Nike
constitution
9. 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
Battle of Mycale
Cyrus
Pheidippides
Persia
10. TheAthenian word for victory
Battle of Marathon
Xerxes
Odyssey
Nike
11. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
draconian
oligarchy
Leonidas
Pythia
12. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Hereditary Monarchy
Mardonius
tyrant
Cyrus
13. 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
Peloponnesus
Persia
Cultural Pluralism
Battle of Thermopylae
14. An administrative district
Themistocles
metics
Satrapy
The Immortals
15. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pythia
Bards
Battle of Marathon
Persia
16. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
The Immortals
Peloponnesus
mercenary
tyrant
17. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Leonidas
aristocrats
symposium
Battle of Mycale
18. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Battle of Marathon
Xerxes
Battle of Plataea
tyrant
19. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Pericles
The Parthenon
Cultural Pluralism
Pythia
20. 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
Isthmus
Xerxes
Cultural Pluralism
21. A maze
Cultural Pluralism
Lliad
metics
labyrinth
22. A substitute ruler
The Immortals
Regent
Nike
draconian
23. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Cyrus
Sir Arthur Evans
Satrapy
Xerxes
24. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
aristocrats
Hereditary Monarchy
Leonidas
Darius
25. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Miltiades
Hoplon
phalanx
Cyrus
26. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
Pheidippides
Battle of Salamis
Syracuse
27. The governor of an administrative district
Lliad
'dark age'
rhetoric
Satrap
28. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
perioikoi
Hoplite
Themistocles
Isthmus
29. 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 Immortals
The Delian league
Battle of Mycale
symposium
30. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Cyrus
rhetoric
Hubris
Peloponnesus
31. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
draconian
perioikoi
phalanx
Pericles
32. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
The Delian league
Battle of Thermopylae
draconian
Pythia
33. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Bards
polis
draconian
Lliad
34. 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
Lysander
Xerxes
Pericles
draconian
35. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
perioikoi
Hoplon
Miltiades
The Peloponnesian League
36. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
Hubris
Mardonius
aristocrats
37. 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 -
Satrapy
Sir Arthur Evans
Battle of Marathon
symposium
38. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
The Long Walls
Lliad
Xerxes
Bards
39. A land bridge
The Long Walls
The Delian league
The Parthenon
Isthmus
40. 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.
citizen
mercenary
Miltiades
Battle of Mycale
41. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
citizen
Lysander
Syracuse
constitution
42. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Hubris
The Delian league
democracy
Miltiades
43. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
tyrant
The Long Walls
labyrinth
Mardonius
44. 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)
polis
The Long Walls
Battle of Salamis
The Parthenon
45. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Syracuse
The Parthenon
Aspasia
democracy
46. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Miltiades
Xerxes
Mardonius
The Peloponnesian League
47. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Isthmus
'dark age'
aristocrats
rhetoric
48. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
The Long Walls
Sir Arthur Evans
Bards
The Delian league
49. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
Bards
Regent
Pythia
50. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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