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Ancient Greece Trivia

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1. 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






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






3. An administrative district






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






5. A substitute ruler






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






15. Greeks who sang songs to keep records






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






17. Greeks who sang songs to keep records






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






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






20. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated






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






22. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated






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






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






25. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power






26. The people from the island of Melos






27. 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)






28. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta






35. 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.






36. The people from the island of Melos






37. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






38. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae






39. 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






40. The governor of an administrative district






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






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






43. 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 -






44. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures






45. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae






46. 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.






47. TheAthenian word for victory






48. 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






49. Public speaking






50. 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