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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Pythia
The Immortals
Cultural Pluralism
Hubris
2. 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 -
Hereditary Monarchy
symposium
metics
Sophists
3. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Battle of Salamis
Bards
Aspasia
Nike
4. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
Persia
Sir Arthur Evans
Syracuse
5. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Isthmus
citizen
The Peloponnesian League
democracy
6. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Hoplon
Battle of Thermopylae
Pythia
Battle of Marathon
7. 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
'dark age'
oligarchy
The Immortals
Alcibiades
8. An administrative district
Miltiades
Satrapy
Satrap
Homer
9. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Sophists
Battle of Plataea
symposium
citizen
10. 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
Xerxes
Odyssey
Homer
Pheidippides
11. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Cyrus
citizen
Hoplite
Isthmus
12. The Greek word for excessive pride
symposium
phalanx
draconian
Hubris
13. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Pheidippides
Satrap
Homer
Miltiades
14. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Triremes
Melos
Bards
mercenary
15. 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
aristocrats
Battle of Marathon
Pericles
16. 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
Pheidippides
labyrinth
Lysander
Sir Arthur Evans
17. 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
democracy
Lysander
aristocrats
Hereditary Monarchy
18. A land bridge
perioikoi
Isthmus
Nike
Sophists
19. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Xerxes
Battle of Plataea
democracy
Peloponnesus
20. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Satrapy
Miltiades
Battle of Thermopylae
Darius
21. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
tyrant
Leonidas
Battle of Marathon
22. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
Alcibiades
Aspasia
democracy
23. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Syracuse
Battle of Marathon
Satrapy
Isthmus
24. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
aristocrats
Nike
citizen
25. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
oligarchy
Aspasia
Hereditary Monarchy
Regent
26. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
Homer
Hoplite
Battle of Plataea
27. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
The Long Walls
metics
Hubris
28. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Pericles
Hoplite
Hoplon
Aspasia
29. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Sir Arthur Evans
The Immortals
Melos
democracy
30. 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
Bards
draconian
The Immortals
31. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Mardonius
Cultural Pluralism
Nike
tyrant
32. 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
Triremes
The Delian league
Pericles
Mardonius
33. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Long Walls
Battle of Mycale
Battle of Marathon
democracy
34. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Pericles
Sir Arthur Evans
Odyssey
The Delian league
35. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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36. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Hubris
citizen
phalanx
constitution
37. 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
democracy
Pheidippides
Sir Arthur Evans
38. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
phalanx
Themistocles
aristocrats
Odyssey
39. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Triremes
Melians
Hubris
Satrapy
40. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
labyrinth
Nike
Isthmus
Darius
41. The governor of an administrative district
Leonidas
Mardonius
Satrap
Hoplon
42. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
Battle of Marathon
Sir Arthur Evans
Battle of Plataea
43. Public speaking
rhetoric
Cyrus
Hoplite
polis
44. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
The Immortals
perioikoi
Battle of Plataea
45. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
draconian
Regent
Battle of Mycale
The Immortals
46. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Alcibiades
symposium
Hoplon
Melos
47. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Hoplon
The Parthenon
Hereditary Monarchy
Battle of Salamis
48. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
The Peloponnesian League
Pericles
Odyssey
49. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
aristocrats
Pythia
constitution
Battle of Marathon
50. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Alcibiades
democracy
The Parthenon
Xerxes