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Ancient Greece Trivia

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






2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






6. 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.






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






8. 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






9. 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.






10. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers






11. An administrative district






12. Public speaking






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






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






15. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos






16. The people from the island of Melos






17. TheAthenian word for victory






18. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields






19. 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.






20. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it






21. A land bridge






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






23. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx






28. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas






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






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






31. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta






32. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas






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






34. 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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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






40. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae






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






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






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






44. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed

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45. 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.






46. 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 -






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






48. The governor of an administrative district






49. 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






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







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