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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Nike
The Peloponnesian League
Hoplon
phalanx
2. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
metics
Mardonius
The Delian league
Sophists
3. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Mardonius
oligarchy
Syracuse
Hoplite
4. The Greek word for excessive pride
Cultural Pluralism
Darius
Triremes
Hubris
5. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Odyssey
Persia
Cultural Pluralism
citizen
6. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
The Peloponnesian League
Pythia
Hoplon
Mardonius
7. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hubris
Pheidippides
Hoplite
Triremes
8. 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
polis
Alcibiades
The Long Walls
Battle of Mycale
9. 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
Hoplon
Hoplite
The Long Walls
10. 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
Battle of Plataea
Miltiades
Bards
Cultural Pluralism
11. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
Aspasia
democracy
Alcibiades
12. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Melos
Aspasia
Hoplite
aristocrats
13. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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14. The people from the island of Melos
Lliad
Melians
oligarchy
aristocrats
15. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Long Walls
Homer
Hereditary Monarchy
Satrap
16. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Lliad
Melos
Hoplon
Hubris
17. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Themistocles
Melians
Homer
Cyrus
18. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Cultural Pluralism
Lliad
Xerxes
Bards
19. The people from the island of Melos
Isthmus
Melians
Hubris
Lysander
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.
symposium
Persia
metics
The Delian league
21. A substitute ruler
Aspasia
citizen
perioikoi
Regent
22. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Hoplite
symposium
Regent
Melos
23. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Melians
oligarchy
mercenary
The Immortals
24. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Sophists
Lliad
Satrap
symposium
25. 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)
metics
Peloponnesus
Battle of Salamis
Hereditary Monarchy
26. 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)
Lliad
Battle of Salamis
Melians
Battle of Marathon
27. A land bridge
The Delian league
Satrapy
Isthmus
Pericles
28. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Battle of Mycale
tyrant
Isthmus
The Parthenon
29. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Battle of Plataea
Lliad
Cultural Pluralism
draconian
30. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
labyrinth
phalanx
Cultural Pluralism
31. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Melos
Hoplon
The Immortals
perioikoi
32. An administrative district
Themistocles
Hereditary Monarchy
Mardonius
Satrapy
33. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Lysander
Battle of Mycale
labyrinth
Aspasia
34. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
citizen
labyrinth
Persia
Pericles
35. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Marathon
Lliad
Triremes
36. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
Pericles
Satrapy
Mardonius
37. 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
The Delian league
Persia
Pheidippides
Battle of Thermopylae
38. 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.
aristocrats
phalanx
Syracuse
polis
39. 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.
The Delian league
Themistocles
Alcibiades
rhetoric
40. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Parthenon
constitution
oligarchy
The Peloponnesian League
41. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Hereditary Monarchy
Homer
Sir Arthur Evans
mercenary
42. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Triremes
Melos
labyrinth
Themistocles
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
Isthmus
The Long Walls
Cultural Pluralism
Lysander
44. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
phalanx
Leonidas
Peloponnesus
Hereditary Monarchy
45. 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
Cyrus
The Parthenon
metics
46. 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
symposium
'dark age'
Peloponnesus
Alcibiades
47. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
metics
Melos
Triremes
Homer
48. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Miltiades
polis
democracy
Melians
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
perioikoi
Battle of Plataea
Syracuse
Battle of Marathon
50. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Miltiades
Pythia
The Parthenon
Persia