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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
Hereditary Monarchy
Hoplon
The Peloponnesian League
draconian
2. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
mercenary
Bards
Leonidas
oligarchy
3. 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
symposium
Pythia
Battle of Thermopylae
Persia
4. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hubris
Aspasia
labyrinth
Lysander
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
Peloponnesus
symposium
perioikoi
Pericles
6. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Triremes
Sophists
The Immortals
Sir Arthur Evans
7. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
phalanx
aristocrats
Hoplon
perioikoi
8. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
Hubris
Isthmus
metics
9. An administrative district
Syracuse
Battle of Salamis
Aspasia
Satrapy
10. 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
Pheidippides
labyrinth
The Parthenon
11. 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
democracy
Cyrus
oligarchy
Battle of Plataea
12. 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
The Parthenon
Battle of Marathon
aristocrats
Battle of Thermopylae
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
metics
The Parthenon
Satrapy
14. An administrative district
Cultural Pluralism
Persia
Regent
Satrapy
15. 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.
symposium
The Delian league
Pericles
Melos
16. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
mercenary
The Delian league
'dark age'
17. The governor of an administrative district
Xerxes
Satrap
Hereditary Monarchy
Isthmus
18. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Battle of Mycale
Satrapy
Bards
Pythia
19. 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.
Cultural Pluralism
polis
Triremes
Darius
20. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
Themistocles
Sophists
labyrinth
21. 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
mercenary
Alcibiades
polis
Battle of Marathon
22. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Lysander
citizen
Darius
symposium
23. 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)
Pericles
Xerxes
Leonidas
Battle of Salamis
24. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Cultural Pluralism
Leonidas
The Immortals
metics
25. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Syracuse
Satrapy
Bards
Hoplon
26. 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
Alcibiades
Pheidippides
Lliad
citizen
27. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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28. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
perioikoi
Aspasia
The Immortals
Bards
29. 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.
aristocrats
Battle of Mycale
constitution
democracy
30. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
polis
Mardonius
Xerxes
31. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
The Peloponnesian League
Battle of Mycale
Bards
Peloponnesus
32. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Isthmus
tyrant
Syracuse
draconian
33. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
Homer
Triremes
Pheidippides
34. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Hoplite
symposium
The Long Walls
mercenary
35. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
Pericles
polis
Peloponnesus
36. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pythia
democracy
Leonidas
Hereditary Monarchy
37. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Sir Arthur Evans
Hoplon
Regent
Leonidas
38. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
constitution
Lliad
Mardonius
Hoplon
39. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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40. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Melians
Mardonius
Sophists
mercenary
41. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Triremes
Pythia
constitution
Melos
42. 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
Triremes
Hoplon
Miltiades
Alcibiades
43. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
aristocrats
polis
polis
Odyssey
44. 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
The Delian league
Satrap
Hubris
Battle of Plataea
45. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Homer
Melos
Bards
labyrinth
46. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
democracy
Miltiades
oligarchy
Battle of Salamis
47. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Isthmus
The Parthenon
Hoplon
Xerxes
48. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Sir Arthur Evans
Melians
Syracuse
draconian
49. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
aristocrats
Darius
Regent
Bards
50. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Hoplite
polis
Hoplite
Odyssey