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Ancient Greece Trivia

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1. Public speaking






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






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.






4. The people from the island of Melos






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






6. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated






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






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






9. A land bridge






10. 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






11. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.






12. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures






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






14. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






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






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






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






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






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






20. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.






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






22. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






23. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war






24. 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






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






26. The governor of an administrative district






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






29. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






30. A substitute ruler






31. 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






32. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power






33. A substitute ruler






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






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






36. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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






38. Greeks who sang songs to keep records






39. 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






40. TheAthenian word for victory






41. 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






42. 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.






43. Another name for the Delphic Oracle






44. 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






45. A maze






46. 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.






47. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






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






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






50. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures