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