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Ancient Greece Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
The Long Walls
Odyssey
metics
2. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
Lliad
Battle of Marathon
Odyssey
3. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Melians
The Peloponnesian League
Darius
The Delian league
4. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Lysander
polis
polis
Triremes
5. 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
Lysander
Lliad
Themistocles
Battle of Marathon
6. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Pheidippides
Cyrus
Themistocles
Mardonius
7. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Isthmus
Isthmus
phalanx
Hereditary Monarchy
8. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Hoplite
mercenary
Homer
The Immortals
9. A substitute ruler
Regent
The Immortals
aristocrats
Homer
10. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Long Walls
Melos
tyrant
rhetoric
11. 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 -
symposium
Lliad
Darius
Cultural Pluralism
12. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Homer
citizen
Aspasia
Satrap
13. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Lliad
Melians
Xerxes
aristocrats
14. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Immortals
Homer
Melians
democracy
15. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Hubris
Xerxes
aristocrats
Sir Arthur Evans
16. 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
The Delian league
perioikoi
Lysander
Satrapy
17. 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.
aristocrats
metics
Pheidippides
Cyrus
18. A maze
labyrinth
Battle of Plataea
Cultural Pluralism
'dark age'
19. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Regent
Sophists
aristocrats
oligarchy
20. A maze
labyrinth
Melians
The Delian league
Satrap
21. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Persia
Battle of Marathon
perioikoi
Pheidippides
22. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Lliad
Nike
Odyssey
Battle of Marathon
23. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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24. The governor of an administrative district
Melians
Nike
Satrap
Pythia
25. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
The Immortals
Triremes
mercenary
polis
26. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Melos
Leonidas
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Plataea
27. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
draconian
Hubris
Miltiades
citizen
28. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
Peloponnesus
Cyrus
Hereditary Monarchy
29. A substitute ruler
Isthmus
The Long Walls
Hereditary Monarchy
Regent
30. 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
Melos
mercenary
symposium
31. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
symposium
The Delian league
perioikoi
Hoplite
32. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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33. 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 Mycale
polis
Peloponnesus
Hoplite
34. The people from the island of Melos
Battle of Marathon
Satrapy
Melians
perioikoi
35. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
rhetoric
metics
The Parthenon
The Peloponnesian League
36. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Battle of Mycale
Sophists
Cyrus
citizen
37. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
phalanx
mercenary
oligarchy
Themistocles
38. 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
Homer
Odyssey
tyrant
39. 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
Nike
Sophists
draconian
Pericles
40. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Odyssey
Aspasia
Homer
Mardonius
41. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Peloponnesus
Battle of Thermopylae
constitution
The Peloponnesian League
42. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Hoplon
perioikoi
Regent
rhetoric
43. 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
Satrapy
Hoplon
Odyssey
Battle of Plataea
44. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
democracy
Odyssey
The Immortals
Pericles
45. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Alcibiades
Bards
Sir Arthur Evans
Cyrus
46. 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
The Delian league
Persia
Battle of Thermopylae
symposium
47. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
The Immortals
labyrinth
Lliad
oligarchy
48. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Battle of Mycale
Bards
perioikoi
oligarchy
49. 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.
labyrinth
oligarchy
tyrant
The Delian league
50. Public speaking
symposium
Hoplite
rhetoric
Homer