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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. TheAthenian word for victory
Miltiades
Nike
Battle of Plataea
Miltiades
2. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Salamis
Persia
Aspasia
3. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Xerxes
Battle of Plataea
democracy
mercenary
4. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Cyrus
democracy
tyrant
Nike
5. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Pheidippides
Melos
The Immortals
mercenary
6. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
The Immortals
Isthmus
Persia
7. 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.
Regent
polis
Sophists
mercenary
8. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Hoplite
Xerxes
Miltiades
The Parthenon
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
Hoplon
Regent
Battle of Marathon
Aspasia
10. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
phalanx
Battle of Thermopylae
Hereditary Monarchy
Battle of Marathon
11. A substitute ruler
Triremes
symposium
The Long Walls
Regent
12. 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
tyrant
Hereditary Monarchy
Miltiades
13. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hubris
Lysander
Cultural Pluralism
'dark age'
14. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Persia
Peloponnesus
Xerxes
constitution
15. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Regent
phalanx
Satrap
Aspasia
16. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Lysander
The Immortals
Cultural Pluralism
Sir Arthur Evans
17. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
draconian
Melians
Mardonius
constitution
18. 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
Triremes
Battle of Thermopylae
metics
phalanx
19. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Sophists
Lysander
aristocrats
Battle of Thermopylae
20. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Homer
Pheidippides
Hoplon
Hereditary Monarchy
21. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Lysander
Satrapy
Isthmus
22. A maze
Cyrus
Satrapy
Nike
labyrinth
23. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
rhetoric
oligarchy
phalanx
Isthmus
24. 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
Hoplon
Hoplite
Pheidippides
25. 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)
Hoplite
Battle of Salamis
Odyssey
Cyrus
26. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Battle of Marathon
Lliad
Hoplon
perioikoi
27. 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
rhetoric
constitution
Syracuse
28. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
mercenary
Sophists
The Delian league
Cyrus
29. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
perioikoi
perioikoi
Battle of Thermopylae
mercenary
30. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
Hoplite
draconian
Pericles
31. A maze
labyrinth
Melians
Pheidippides
Pheidippides
32. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Odyssey
Leonidas
Cultural Pluralism
Triremes
33. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
aristocrats
Satrap
Lliad
Hereditary Monarchy
34. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Battle of Marathon
Hereditary Monarchy
citizen
constitution
35. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Sophists
Pericles
mercenary
Sir Arthur Evans
36. 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
Miltiades
Pythia
Battle of Plataea
Pheidippides
37. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Hoplon
Persia
Melos
democracy
38. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Cyrus
mercenary
mercenary
constitution
39. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Battle of Plataea
tyrant
Leonidas
Miltiades
40. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
democracy
tyrant
Hoplite
Isthmus
41. 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 Plataea
Sir Arthur Evans
Hereditary Monarchy
42. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Immortals
The Long Walls
Pythia
Battle of Mycale
43. 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 Long Walls
draconian
metics
Xerxes
44. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Odyssey
phalanx
Regent
45. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Regent
Homer
Bards
Peloponnesus
46. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Battle of Thermopylae
Alcibiades
Battle of Salamis
Darius
47. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Pythia
Xerxes
Mardonius
'dark age'
48. The people from the island of Melos
Satrap
Melians
Xerxes
oligarchy
49. The Greek word for excessive pride
Sir Arthur Evans
rhetoric
Hoplon
Hubris
50. An administrative district
The Long Walls
Hoplite
Homer
Satrapy