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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
Mardonius
Mardonius
Alcibiades
2. 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
Darius
Hoplon
democracy
Pericles
3. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Leonidas
Themistocles
mercenary
rhetoric
4. A maze
Miltiades
Triremes
Melians
labyrinth
5. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Miltiades
'dark age'
Cyrus
Nike
6. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
phalanx
Battle of Plataea
Bards
Sophists
7. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
The Delian league
Satrapy
Syracuse
The Parthenon
8. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Nike
Persia
Lliad
9. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
The Immortals
polis
Leonidas
Cultural Pluralism
10. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
symposium
Syracuse
rhetoric
Aspasia
11. 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
Lysander
democracy
Pericles
Themistocles
12. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Darius
Cyrus
aristocrats
Lliad
13. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Persia
Hoplon
tyrant
Melos
14. 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
constitution
Triremes
Bards
15. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
Battle of Marathon
Lysander
Persia
16. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Homer
Regent
Pythia
Sir Arthur Evans
17. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Bards
Melos
Odyssey
The Peloponnesian League
18. 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.
polis
Persia
Battle of Marathon
Bards
19. An administrative district
Cultural Pluralism
Miltiades
Hoplite
Satrapy
20. Public speaking
Sophists
phalanx
rhetoric
labyrinth
21. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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22. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
symposium
Aspasia
oligarchy
Odyssey
23. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
polis
Melos
Battle of Salamis
24. An administrative district
Satrapy
Hereditary Monarchy
draconian
Nike
25. TheAthenian word for victory
Nike
Darius
The Delian league
labyrinth
26. The governor of an administrative district
Triremes
Battle of Thermopylae
mercenary
Satrap
27. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Homer
democracy
perioikoi
Miltiades
28. 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
Battle of Marathon
Pythia
Leonidas
Persia
29. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
tyrant
draconian
Pheidippides
Sophists
30. 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
The Peloponnesian League
Mardonius
Satrap
Battle of Plataea
31. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
mercenary
phalanx
Themistocles
labyrinth
32. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Sophists
Bards
Cyrus
Pericles
33. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Homer
Darius
Satrapy
Battle of Plataea
34. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Lliad
tyrant
Pheidippides
Themistocles
35. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
tyrant
Darius
Bards
citizen
36. 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
Cultural Pluralism
Battle of Thermopylae
Sir Arthur Evans
Homer
37. The governor of an administrative district
Sir Arthur Evans
Pericles
The Immortals
Satrap
38. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
citizen
Persia
draconian
Aspasia
39. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Themistocles
Nike
Pythia
Odyssey
40. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
aristocrats
constitution
Triremes
The Immortals
41. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Melos
Peloponnesus
aristocrats
Bards
42. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
labyrinth
Odyssey
Battle of Thermopylae
Miltiades
43. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Satrapy
Pythia
Melos
Peloponnesus
44. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Pericles
rhetoric
Xerxes
aristocrats
45. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
Battle of Thermopylae
Miltiades
perioikoi
46. A substitute ruler
Regent
symposium
Xerxes
Pericles
47. 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.
Cyrus
Satrapy
draconian
Battle of Mycale
48. 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)
aristocrats
Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
Satrap
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.
Homer
The Delian league
Cultural Pluralism
Sir Arthur Evans
50. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Peloponnesus
Isthmus
The Long Walls
Melians