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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. 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.
Pythia
Satrap
Themistocles
Battle of Mycale
2. 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
tyrant
Pythia
Battle of Thermopylae
Miltiades
3. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Battle of Plataea
Hereditary Monarchy
Hubris
Peloponnesus
4. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hoplite
Alcibiades
Aspasia
Hubris
5. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
constitution
Hereditary Monarchy
The Peloponnesian League
citizen
6. A substitute ruler
Regent
Isthmus
Pheidippides
Battle of Plataea
7. 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 -
Homer
Satrap
Isthmus
symposium
8. Public speaking
Hereditary Monarchy
rhetoric
Hoplite
constitution
9. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Sir Arthur Evans
symposium
Odyssey
aristocrats
10. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
symposium
Leonidas
Melians
The Long Walls
11. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Peloponnesus
Cyrus
Cultural Pluralism
Hereditary Monarchy
12. 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
Hoplite
Alcibiades
tyrant
Lysander
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
Triremes
The Delian league
Darius
Pheidippides
14. 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
Melos
Battle of Thermopylae
Bards
15. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Cyrus
Lliad
Peloponnesus
Hoplon
16. 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
Syracuse
Satrapy
Pheidippides
17. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Leonidas
Battle of Plataea
The Peloponnesian League
The Parthenon
18. A land bridge
mercenary
Isthmus
Miltiades
Pericles
19. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Nike
The Peloponnesian League
phalanx
Battle of Plataea
20. The governor of an administrative district
aristocrats
Regent
Themistocles
Satrap
21. 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)
Nike
Nike
Triremes
Battle of Salamis
22. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Satrapy
The Parthenon
Mardonius
Syracuse
23. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Persia
The Immortals
Pythia
symposium
24. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Isthmus
Themistocles
metics
Sir Arthur Evans
25. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
metics
Regent
perioikoi
26. An administrative district
Satrapy
Nike
aristocrats
The Parthenon
27. A maze
labyrinth
Hereditary Monarchy
Pheidippides
Lliad
28. TheAthenian word for victory
Cyrus
mercenary
Regent
Nike
29. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cyrus
Xerxes
Cultural Pluralism
Battle of Salamis
30. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Bards
polis
draconian
Miltiades
31. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Satrap
Mardonius
Xerxes
Syracuse
32. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
Hoplite
Darius
Sophists
33. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hereditary Monarchy
The Immortals
The Long Walls
Triremes
34. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
constitution
The Peloponnesian League
metics
Hoplite
35. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Battle of Salamis
Persia
The Peloponnesian League
Pericles
36. 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
Bards
Miltiades
Battle of Marathon
Hubris
37. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
The Long Walls
Hoplite
tyrant
38. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Battle of Mycale
Cultural Pluralism
Hoplon
tyrant
39. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hoplon
constitution
Hereditary Monarchy
Nike
40. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Miltiades
Leonidas
metics
mercenary
41. 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
Battle of Plataea
Nike
Sophists
Homer
42. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
mercenary
Satrapy
oligarchy
Nike
43. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Peloponnesus
Leonidas
oligarchy
Syracuse
44. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Cultural Pluralism
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
Lliad
45. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
citizen
tyrant
Melos
'dark age'
46. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Long Walls
Cyrus
Peloponnesus
Bards
47. 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
Persia
Alcibiades
Leonidas
'dark age'
48. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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49. A substitute ruler
draconian
Darius
Mardonius
Regent
50. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
oligarchy
tyrant
aristocrats
Battle of Thermopylae