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Ancient Greece Trivia

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1. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






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






3. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






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






5. The governor of an administrative district






6. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






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






8. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis






9. 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)






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






11. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae






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






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






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






15. 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






16. A substitute ruler






17. 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






18. 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






19. Another name for the Delphic Oracle






20. 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.






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






28. An administrative district






29. The people from the island of Melos






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






31. Public speaking






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






33. Greeks who sang songs to keep records






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






35. The governor of an administrative district






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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






43. 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






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






45. The Greek word for excessive pride






46. An administrative district






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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






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