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Ancient Greece Trivia

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






2. 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.






3. 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






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






5. A land bridge






6. The governor of an administrative district






7. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles






8. 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.






9. 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 -






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






11. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)






12. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






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






14. Another name for the Delphic Oracle






15. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. A substitute ruler






23. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis






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






25. The Greek word for excessive pride






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles






33. 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.






34. 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






35. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials






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






37. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.






38. 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






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






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






41. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






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






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






44. 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






45. The governor of an administrative district






46. Greeks who sang songs to keep records






47. Another name for the Delphic Oracle






48. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with






49. 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






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