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Ancient Greece Trivia

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1. 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






2. 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






3. The people from the island of Melos






4. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






5. The governor of an administrative district






6. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation






7. Another name for the Delphic Oracle






8. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war






9. A substitute ruler






10. A land bridge






11. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers






12. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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13. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war






14. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.






15. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea






16. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis






17. 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.






18. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx






19. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas






20. An administrative district






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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.






24. A battle between the Greeks and the Persians in which the remaining Persian troops (lead by Mardonius) attempted to defeat the Greek troops - and because they were so small - the Greeks easily triumphed






25. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers






26. The people from the island of Melos






27. 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.






28. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom






29. 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.






30. 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






31. The Greek word for excessive pride






32. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE






33. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on






34. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).






35. 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.






36. 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 -






37. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).






38. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans






39. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






40. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens






41. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans






42. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them






43. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation






44. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)






45. 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.






46. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas






47. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens






48. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws






49. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it






50. 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 -