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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Cyrus
Homer
Darius
Mardonius
2. A substitute ruler
Darius
Hubris
Isthmus
Regent
3. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Triremes
Miltiades
Odyssey
Hoplite
4. 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.
aristocrats
polis
constitution
Hoplite
5. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
The Parthenon
Hoplon
Satrapy
Alcibiades
6. A substitute ruler
Regent
constitution
Lysander
The Long Walls
7. An administrative district
Melos
Hoplite
Satrapy
Hoplite
8. 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
The Long Walls
The Delian league
Pheidippides
Pythia
9. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Hubris
Cyrus
aristocrats
Persia
10. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
The Delian league
mercenary
Hereditary Monarchy
Bards
11. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
The Long Walls
democracy
Sir Arthur Evans
12. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pythia
Lliad
Melos
Odyssey
13. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Peloponnesus
Hoplite
rhetoric
draconian
14. A land bridge
The Long Walls
Isthmus
'dark age'
Triremes
15. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Hubris
Regent
oligarchy
Odyssey
16. 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
rhetoric
The Immortals
Battle of Thermopylae
17. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Miltiades
Lliad
Regent
Odyssey
18. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
democracy
The Peloponnesian League
Melos
oligarchy
19. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
Satrapy
Battle of Marathon
The Long Walls
20. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
mercenary
aristocrats
Battle of Thermopylae
tyrant
21. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
perioikoi
Persia
Bards
Leonidas
22. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
The Long Walls
Xerxes
Satrapy
Isthmus
23. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
metics
Persia
Satrapy
Darius
24. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Hereditary Monarchy
democracy
Pericles
Darius
25. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
mercenary
phalanx
oligarchy
Hereditary Monarchy
26. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Melos
Alcibiades
Persia
Battle of Marathon
27. 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
Miltiades
'dark age'
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Marathon
28. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Aspasia
Satrapy
phalanx
constitution
29. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hereditary Monarchy
tyrant
Pericles
Hoplite
30. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Plataea
The Immortals
Pheidippides
perioikoi
31. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Leonidas
Hubris
perioikoi
Hereditary Monarchy
32. 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.
Syracuse
Battle of Marathon
constitution
polis
33. 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
Themistocles
Satrapy
The Peloponnesian League
Pericles
34. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Nike
Melians
Triremes
Cyrus
35. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Sir Arthur Evans
Cultural Pluralism
metics
Satrap
36. 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 -
Hoplite
Xerxes
symposium
The Parthenon
37. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
rhetoric
Pheidippides
constitution
The Immortals
38. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
Isthmus
'dark age'
Darius
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.
Hubris
Isthmus
Battle of Mycale
Syracuse
40. The Greek word for excessive pride
The Parthenon
Hubris
constitution
Triremes
41. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
symposium
Alcibiades
The Delian league
42. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Odyssey
Pheidippides
labyrinth
draconian
43. Public speaking
draconian
rhetoric
The Peloponnesian League
Homer
44. 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.
oligarchy
metics
Hubris
Sir Arthur Evans
45. The people from the island of Melos
oligarchy
Pheidippides
Melians
polis
46. 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 Thermopylae
Lliad
Battle of Mycale
tyrant
47. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Lliad
'dark age'
tyrant
Aspasia
48. A land bridge
rhetoric
Triremes
Isthmus
Cultural Pluralism
49. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Darius
Bards
Cultural Pluralism
Miltiades
50. TheAthenian word for victory
perioikoi
Battle of Plataea
Xerxes
Nike