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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Aspasia
Bards
Leonidas
Persia
2. 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.
Hubris
The Delian league
metics
citizen
3. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
Lysander
polis
Persia
4. 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
Pheidippides
labyrinth
Nike
Battle of Plataea
5. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
The Immortals
Hubris
Syracuse
Battle of Plataea
6. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Odyssey
The Delian league
Battle of Marathon
The Peloponnesian League
7. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Isthmus
Sophists
Lysander
Mardonius
8. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Hereditary Monarchy
Peloponnesus
labyrinth
9. The people from the island of Melos
citizen
democracy
Bards
Melians
10. From the word for 'drinking together'; an after-dinner drinking party attended by elite males. they sang poems - posed riddles - played drinking games - and delivered philosophical speeches. Other entertainment was provided by musicians - jugglers -
symposium
Pythia
Syracuse
oligarchy
11. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Peloponnesus
constitution
Battle of Thermopylae
'dark age'
12. An administrative district
Satrapy
The Immortals
Aspasia
Xerxes
13. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Sir Arthur Evans
Homer
The Immortals
Persia
14. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Satrapy
Themistocles
Pythia
Homer
15. 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
oligarchy
labyrinth
Alcibiades
Syracuse
16. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Battle of Thermopylae
Peloponnesus
phalanx
Persia
17. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Miltiades
Peloponnesus
Satrapy
Darius
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.
Persia
polis
tyrant
Sir Arthur Evans
19. TheAthenian word for victory
Bards
Battle of Salamis
Hubris
Nike
20. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
aristocrats
Melos
Xerxes
oligarchy
21. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Triremes
Miltiades
Peloponnesus
Hereditary Monarchy
22. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
perioikoi
Darius
constitution
Melians
23. TheAthenian word for victory
Battle of Salamis
The Immortals
Odyssey
Nike
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
Battle of Marathon
Satrapy
phalanx
Darius
25. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
symposium
The Parthenon
Battle of Thermopylae
mercenary
26. 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
Odyssey
perioikoi
Themistocles
27. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
Darius
mercenary
polis
28. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
metics
Pericles
Mardonius
Lysander
29. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Cyrus
The Long Walls
Hubris
Battle of Mycale
30. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Battle of Plataea
Satrap
Darius
Hoplon
31. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Lliad
Battle of Marathon
draconian
Hoplite
32. 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
Pericles
Hubris
Mardonius
Nike
33. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
tyrant
Peloponnesus
democracy
Nike
34. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
democracy
Leonidas
Xerxes
Battle of Marathon
35. 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.
Persia
Sir Arthur Evans
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Mycale
36. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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37. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
citizen
Miltiades
symposium
38. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Regent
Mardonius
Peloponnesus
Themistocles
39. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
The Immortals
Mardonius
metics
40. 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.
'dark age'
Sir Arthur Evans
polis
Battle of Salamis
41. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
draconian
citizen
perioikoi
Homer
42. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Satrap
Xerxes
Hoplon
Lysander
43. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
Odyssey
constitution
phalanx
44. An administrative district
Satrapy
polis
'dark age'
Melians
45. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Hoplon
Melos
The Immortals
Triremes
46. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
mercenary
metics
Sir Arthur Evans
draconian
47. 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
Battle of Thermopylae
Isthmus
mercenary
aristocrats
48. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Satrapy
Pythia
Peloponnesus
phalanx
49. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
The Parthenon
metics
symposium
Mardonius
50. A land bridge
Sir Arthur Evans
labyrinth
Regent
Isthmus