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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Alcibiades
labyrinth
Hereditary Monarchy
oligarchy
2. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Mardonius
constitution
Lliad
'dark age'
3. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Isthmus
oligarchy
citizen
Aspasia
4. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Lliad
Miltiades
Syracuse
Cultural Pluralism
5. 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
Regent
Battle of Salamis
Pericles
6. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Sophists
Xerxes
aristocrats
Alcibiades
7. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Syracuse
Odyssey
Nike
symposium
8. 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 -
Pericles
citizen
Lliad
symposium
9. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
democracy
mercenary
Syracuse
Sophists
10. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Melians
Hoplite
Lliad
The Long Walls
11. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Xerxes
democracy
The Immortals
perioikoi
12. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
labyrinth
Homer
Regent
The Parthenon
13. 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.
The Immortals
phalanx
The Long Walls
metics
14. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Alcibiades
Xerxes
Lysander
Bards
15. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Sophists
Melians
Mardonius
labyrinth
16. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Syracuse
Bards
Darius
Leonidas
17. Public speaking
rhetoric
Persia
Pericles
Homer
18. 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.
Hereditary Monarchy
tyrant
Alcibiades
Battle of Mycale
19. 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)
Battle of Salamis
symposium
Sir Arthur Evans
Bards
20. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
oligarchy
Peloponnesus
Themistocles
metics
21. TheAthenian word for victory
Nike
Battle of Marathon
Lysander
Lysander
22. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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23. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Persia
tyrant
phalanx
Leonidas
24. 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
Pheidippides
Isthmus
Alcibiades
25. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Bards
tyrant
draconian
Sophists
26. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Persia
Lliad
rhetoric
The Long Walls
27. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
oligarchy
aristocrats
Aspasia
Syracuse
28. 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
Alcibiades
Pericles
Nike
Peloponnesus
29. A maze
Hubris
Cultural Pluralism
labyrinth
symposium
30. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
metics
Nike
polis
tyrant
31. A land bridge
Darius
rhetoric
perioikoi
Isthmus
32. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Triremes
polis
mercenary
Homer
33. 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.
labyrinth
Regent
The Delian league
Battle of Thermopylae
34. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Lliad
phalanx
Melians
democracy
35. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Hoplon
Pericles
Darius
Battle of Salamis
36. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Sir Arthur Evans
Peloponnesus
rhetoric
Aspasia
37. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
tyrant
Melians
Hoplite
labyrinth
38. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Darius
Hubris
Battle of Plataea
constitution
39. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
tyrant
tyrant
Hoplon
The Peloponnesian League
40. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
democracy
Alcibiades
The Parthenon
'dark age'
41. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Melos
The Peloponnesian League
Cyrus
Lliad
42. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
The Parthenon
Miltiades
The Immortals
43. 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
rhetoric
democracy
Lysander
Persia
44. The Greek word for excessive pride
Themistocles
democracy
Xerxes
Hubris
45. 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 Plataea
Pheidippides
Persia
The Peloponnesian League
46. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Melians
Nike
Odyssey
Cultural Pluralism
47. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Xerxes
perioikoi
Melians
48. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
Melos
Syracuse
Alcibiades
49. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Persia
The Delian league
oligarchy
tyrant
50. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Homer
Melos
Battle of Marathon
Alcibiades