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Ancient Greece Trivia

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1. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens






2. TheAthenian word for victory






3. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with






4. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom






5. 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






6. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE






7. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)






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






9. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.






10. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles






11. 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






12. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers






13. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas






14. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war






15. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them






16. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)






17. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






18. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






22. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it






23. Public speaking






24. 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






25. A substitute ruler






26. The Greek word for excessive pride






27. 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






28. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws






29. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy






30. 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)






31. The governor of an administrative district






32. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles






33. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis






34. Public speaking






35. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas






36. 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.






37. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)






38. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta






39. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on






40. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans






41. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials






42. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).






43. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






44. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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45. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with






46. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx






47. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






48. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






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.






50. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea