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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
phalanx
Hereditary Monarchy
Lysander
2. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Melians
Battle of Plataea
Hoplon
The Long Walls
3. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
Lliad
Alcibiades
metics
4. 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 -
oligarchy
Odyssey
metics
symposium
5. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Battle of Marathon
Leonidas
The Parthenon
constitution
6. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
The Long Walls
Alcibiades
Sir Arthur Evans
symposium
7. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
tyrant
The Immortals
Mardonius
mercenary
8. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Melos
Mardonius
mercenary
citizen
9. 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
aristocrats
Battle of Marathon
Triremes
10. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Syracuse
The Delian league
democracy
aristocrats
11. A maze
labyrinth
The Peloponnesian League
Alcibiades
aristocrats
12. 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
Pericles
aristocrats
labyrinth
polis
13. 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
Satrapy
Persia
oligarchy
14. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Homer
Pythia
Lliad
aristocrats
15. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
Darius
Triremes
labyrinth
16. The governor of an administrative district
Mardonius
symposium
Satrap
polis
17. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Lysander
draconian
perioikoi
Persia
18. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Pheidippides
Cultural Pluralism
Mardonius
Melos
19. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
Homer
Persia
Triremes
20. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Sophists
Miltiades
Battle of Mycale
Cultural Pluralism
21. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Odyssey
Hoplon
oligarchy
Bards
22. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Sophists
Battle of Marathon
The Parthenon
Odyssey
23. 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
Battle of Thermopylae
Darius
aristocrats
Hubris
24. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
constitution
Sophists
Battle of Salamis
tyrant
25. 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 Peloponnesian League
The Delian league
labyrinth
metics
26. An administrative district
Persia
metics
Triremes
Satrapy
27. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hoplite
Hoplon
Hubris
Sir Arthur Evans
28. 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)
Triremes
The Delian league
Battle of Salamis
Syracuse
29. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Battle of Salamis
Peloponnesus
Hoplon
Melos
30. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Miltiades
Battle of Plataea
oligarchy
Odyssey
31. A maze
perioikoi
labyrinth
Peloponnesus
Hoplon
32. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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33. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
The Peloponnesian League
Pheidippides
Syracuse
Satrap
34. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Odyssey
Homer
draconian
Aspasia
35. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Battle of Salamis
citizen
Pericles
Hoplon
36. The people from the island of Melos
Battle of Salamis
Melians
metics
Xerxes
37. An administrative district
symposium
Satrapy
perioikoi
Lliad
38. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Cultural Pluralism
Triremes
The Immortals
Peloponnesus
39. 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.
Battle of Mycale
The Long Walls
'dark age'
Sophists
40. A substitute ruler
Xerxes
perioikoi
tyrant
Regent
41. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Hoplite
The Immortals
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Marathon
42. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Melos
Miltiades
Bards
oligarchy
43. 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
Hereditary Monarchy
Miltiades
tyrant
Battle of Marathon
44. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pythia
The Peloponnesian League
Miltiades
tyrant
45. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Syracuse
Cultural Pluralism
oligarchy
tyrant
46. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Nike
Lysander
Sir Arthur Evans
Odyssey
47. 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
metics
Battle of Mycale
Pheidippides
Sir Arthur Evans
48. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
The Parthenon
Battle of Marathon
Satrap
tyrant
49. 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
The Immortals
tyrant
The Long Walls
50. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
The Immortals
Miltiades
tyrant
Melos