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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
phalanx
tyrant
draconian
Battle of Marathon
2. A land bridge
Hubris
Sir Arthur Evans
Isthmus
Syracuse
3. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Persia
Pericles
draconian
The Long Walls
4. 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
constitution
Aspasia
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Thermopylae
5. 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.
The Delian league
Peloponnesus
rhetoric
tyrant
6. Public speaking
perioikoi
Pericles
rhetoric
Themistocles
7. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Immortals
Hubris
Peloponnesus
Miltiades
8. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Battle of Salamis
Sir Arthur Evans
tyrant
Pericles
9. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Hoplon
Satrap
Syracuse
Xerxes
10. 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 -
Sir Arthur Evans
Homer
Themistocles
symposium
11. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Sir Arthur Evans
Lysander
Leonidas
The Parthenon
12. An administrative district
Melos
Satrapy
metics
Persia
13. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
oligarchy
Alcibiades
democracy
Pythia
14. 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
The Parthenon
Pericles
polis
15. An administrative district
Battle of Mycale
Pythia
Satrapy
metics
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
Sophists
Leonidas
Pheidippides
Alcibiades
17. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Homer
Aspasia
Nike
Hubris
18. 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 -
Cyrus
symposium
Satrapy
constitution
19. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
citizen
Isthmus
Themistocles
labyrinth
20. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
The Peloponnesian League
Cyrus
Persia
mercenary
21. A substitute ruler
Battle of Mycale
Pericles
Sophists
Regent
22. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
polis
Bards
tyrant
Hereditary Monarchy
23. 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
Peloponnesus
Peloponnesus
rhetoric
Pericles
24. The people from the island of Melos
Xerxes
Melians
Syracuse
Mardonius
25. A maze
labyrinth
Regent
Hoplite
symposium
26. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Regent
perioikoi
Sophists
Odyssey
27. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
Homer
Cyrus
polis
28. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
mercenary
tyrant
perioikoi
polis
29. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Lliad
rhetoric
Lysander
Mardonius
30. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Battle of Thermopylae
constitution
Hoplite
Battle of Mycale
31. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Mardonius
Darius
Homer
Melians
32. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Melos
Lysander
Leonidas
mercenary
33. 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
Alcibiades
Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
34. 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
Isthmus
aristocrats
Alcibiades
constitution
35. 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.
perioikoi
Battle of Mycale
Sir Arthur Evans
oligarchy
36. 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)
Battle of Salamis
Melos
metics
Cyrus
37. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Battle of Marathon
metics
Battle of Mycale
Syracuse
38. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Alcibiades
Battle of Plataea
Hereditary Monarchy
Mardonius
39. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
aristocrats
Leonidas
polis
Regent
40. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Pheidippides
rhetoric
Hoplon
Isthmus
41. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Satrap
Satrap
Aspasia
Persia
42. 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
Xerxes
Peloponnesus
Melians
Battle of Marathon
43. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Darius
The Long Walls
Hereditary Monarchy
Aspasia
44. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
The Delian league
Syracuse
Xerxes
Pythia
45. 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
Lliad
Battle of Plataea
Satrapy
draconian
46. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hubris
Isthmus
symposium
perioikoi
47. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
polis
perioikoi
oligarchy
Leonidas
48. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Peloponnesus
Nike
citizen
The Delian league
49. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
oligarchy
mercenary
Nike
Persia
50. 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
Lliad
labyrinth
Pheidippides
Pericles