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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Hoplite
Satrap
democracy
Sir Arthur Evans
2. 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
Bards
labyrinth
Battle of Thermopylae
Satrapy
3. 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
The Long Walls
perioikoi
Mardonius
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
Alcibiades
Xerxes
Sophists
Homer
5. Public speaking
rhetoric
Melians
Battle of Salamis
aristocrats
6. 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
The Long Walls
Hoplite
Leonidas
7. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Lliad
Lysander
Hereditary Monarchy
Battle of Plataea
8. An administrative district
Sir Arthur Evans
tyrant
Satrapy
Lysander
9. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Hoplon
democracy
Hereditary Monarchy
Sophists
10. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Mardonius
Battle of Marathon
Homer
Homer
11. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Homer
Battle of Salamis
The Long Walls
Bards
12. 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
Hoplon
Battle of Thermopylae
Xerxes
Cyrus
13. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Pericles
Miltiades
The Delian league
Leonidas
14. 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
Themistocles
Mardonius
Battle of Plataea
15. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
The Parthenon
citizen
Mardonius
Hereditary Monarchy
16. 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
labyrinth
Hoplite
Battle of Plataea
Cultural Pluralism
17. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Odyssey
The Parthenon
Battle of Salamis
Peloponnesus
18. The people from the island of Melos
Hoplite
Themistocles
Peloponnesus
Melians
19. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
symposium
Hoplon
Cultural Pluralism
Leonidas
20. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Peloponnesus
Mardonius
Themistocles
Homer
21. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Bards
Cyrus
Battle of Salamis
Darius
22. 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
Pheidippides
Triremes
Leonidas
Homer
23. 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
Battle of Mycale
Lysander
Hoplon
Alcibiades
24. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Persia
draconian
Lliad
The Parthenon
25. 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
Hoplite
Aspasia
Battle of Mycale
26. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Hoplite
Cyrus
Sir Arthur Evans
Darius
27. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Leonidas
Homer
The Parthenon
mercenary
28. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Melians
Cyrus
Triremes
Lysander
29. Public speaking
Battle of Mycale
rhetoric
Melians
perioikoi
30. A substitute ruler
'dark age'
Regent
Satrap
Darius
31. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
oligarchy
perioikoi
Lysander
Cyrus
32. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
aristocrats
Pythia
Battle of Plataea
Regent
33. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
The Delian league
Melos
Pythia
Melos
34. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Pericles
Alcibiades
oligarchy
Leonidas
35. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
democracy
Mardonius
Pheidippides
The Delian league
36. A substitute ruler
Odyssey
constitution
Regent
symposium
37. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Triremes
tyrant
Themistocles
Regent
38. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
Hoplon
Odyssey
Bards
39. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hubris
Odyssey
oligarchy
Darius
40. 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.
Hereditary Monarchy
Alcibiades
Lliad
metics
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
The Delian league
Regent
Alcibiades
42. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
democracy
mercenary
Hoplon
Xerxes
43. A maze
Melians
labyrinth
Bards
Xerxes
44. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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45. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Alcibiades
Melos
Satrap
Hereditary Monarchy
46. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Pheidippides
Xerxes
The Long Walls
Battle of Salamis
47. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Hereditary Monarchy
'dark age'
rhetoric
draconian
48. An administrative district
Cyrus
Xerxes
democracy
Satrapy
49. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
draconian
Nike
Mardonius
Themistocles
50. The governor of an administrative district
Battle of Mycale
Satrap
Isthmus
Alcibiades