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Ancient Greece Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A land bridge
Isthmus
Cultural Pluralism
Themistocles
citizen
2. 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
Alcibiades
Hoplon
The Delian league
labyrinth
3. 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
Pheidippides
Satrapy
Satrap
4. 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
metics
Leonidas
Alcibiades
Miltiades
5. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
Lliad
rhetoric
Cultural Pluralism
6. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
The Parthenon
Odyssey
constitution
7. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Long Walls
Pheidippides
The Peloponnesian League
democracy
8. 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
Hereditary Monarchy
citizen
Alcibiades
9. 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.
Battle of Thermopylae
Triremes
The Delian league
Pheidippides
10. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Pythia
The Long Walls
The Immortals
metics
11. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Pythia
Persia
Xerxes
Bards
12. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
polis
Pericles
Sir Arthur Evans
13. An administrative district
Nike
Battle of Salamis
Odyssey
Satrapy
14. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Isthmus
Bards
Mardonius
Miltiades
15. 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
Lliad
Battle of Thermopylae
Pericles
Battle of Mycale
16. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hereditary Monarchy
Bards
perioikoi
The Immortals
17. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
labyrinth
Odyssey
The Long Walls
perioikoi
18. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Regent
Triremes
Sophists
Battle of Marathon
19. 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
Sir Arthur Evans
Sir Arthur Evans
Battle of Marathon
Pheidippides
20. 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
constitution
Melians
Lliad
Battle of Plataea
21. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Triremes
Hoplon
Satrap
Nike
22. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
Sir Arthur Evans
aristocrats
Hubris
23. 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.
Regent
Battle of Thermopylae
draconian
Battle of Mycale
24. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Odyssey
Melos
Hoplon
Mardonius
25. 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
Mardonius
Mardonius
Nike
Battle of Thermopylae
26. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Hoplon
The Peloponnesian League
Pheidippides
Xerxes
27. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Pythia
Themistocles
Triremes
rhetoric
28. 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
Battle of Mycale
symposium
Themistocles
Pericles
29. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Melos
constitution
Syracuse
Peloponnesus
30. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
citizen
phalanx
democracy
Pythia
31. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Alcibiades
Homer
labyrinth
citizen
32. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
The Delian league
The Long Walls
constitution
phalanx
33. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Persia
The Delian league
Melos
mercenary
34. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Pheidippides
Hereditary Monarchy
Miltiades
Satrapy
35. 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
symposium
Darius
Battle of Mycale
36. Public speaking
rhetoric
aristocrats
Themistocles
Battle of Marathon
37. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Xerxes
draconian
Isthmus
Leonidas
38. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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39. 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 -
Themistocles
symposium
Battle of Thermopylae
metics
40. 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
Sir Arthur Evans
Lysander
Sophists
democracy
41. 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
Leonidas
Cultural Pluralism
'dark age'
42. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
The Peloponnesian League
Pheidippides
Leonidas
aristocrats
43. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
Hubris
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Marathon
44. A substitute ruler
Darius
democracy
mercenary
Regent
45. TheAthenian word for victory
Sir Arthur Evans
perioikoi
Nike
Themistocles
46. TheAthenian word for victory
Aspasia
Hoplite
Battle of Marathon
Nike
47. An administrative district
Satrapy
Mardonius
Peloponnesus
Melians
48. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Cyrus
Triremes
Miltiades
Odyssey
49. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Regent
Battle of Marathon
Melos
perioikoi
50. The people from the island of Melos
Leonidas
Melians
Melos
Cultural Pluralism