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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Lysander
rhetoric
draconian
citizen
2. 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
Regent
labyrinth
Xerxes
Alcibiades
3. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Hoplon
Satrap
Bards
Pythia
4. 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
mercenary
Battle of Marathon
Triremes
Bards
5. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Bards
Battle of Plataea
constitution
Cyrus
6. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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7. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Homer
Persia
Cyrus
Alcibiades
8. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Odyssey
Darius
Persia
draconian
9. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Syracuse
Battle of Plataea
labyrinth
Sophists
10. The governor of an administrative district
Cultural Pluralism
Triremes
Battle of Plataea
Satrap
11. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
The Long Walls
Cultural Pluralism
Pericles
Hoplon
12. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Peloponnesus
Homer
rhetoric
democracy
13. 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
citizen
Battle of Marathon
Themistocles
14. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Nike
Lliad
Syracuse
aristocrats
15. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Lliad
oligarchy
Aspasia
Miltiades
16. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Long Walls
Leonidas
Pythia
Themistocles
17. 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
Sir Arthur Evans
Hoplon
Lysander
Odyssey
18. An administrative district
Lysander
aristocrats
metics
Satrapy
19. TheAthenian word for victory
Regent
Nike
phalanx
Pythia
20. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
democracy
Lysander
Battle of Plataea
mercenary
21. 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
Pericles
Themistocles
Darius
22. A maze
Miltiades
citizen
labyrinth
The Immortals
23. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
Lysander
The Long Walls
Hoplite
24. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
aristocrats
Hoplon
tyrant
Themistocles
25. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Parthenon
Battle of Salamis
The Immortals
Peloponnesus
26. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Bards
Battle of Thermopylae
Hereditary Monarchy
Melians
27. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Miltiades
Nike
Odyssey
constitution
28. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Leonidas
Sir Arthur Evans
aristocrats
tyrant
29. 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
Mardonius
Syracuse
The Delian league
30. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Darius
Hoplon
The Immortals
Sophists
31. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
perioikoi
Triremes
constitution
Odyssey
32. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
'dark age'
Bards
symposium
Darius
33. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Cultural Pluralism
mercenary
'dark age'
Battle of Mycale
34. 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
Battle of Marathon
Satrapy
Lysander
Pheidippides
35. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Battle of Mycale
Pericles
symposium
oligarchy
36. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Sophists
Satrap
democracy
Hoplite
37. 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
Battle of Thermopylae
tyrant
Peloponnesus
Alcibiades
38. 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
Miltiades
aristocrats
Syracuse
Battle of Plataea
39. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
constitution
Mardonius
Triremes
Cultural Pluralism
40. 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
Satrapy
citizen
Pheidippides
Regent
41. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hubris
Satrapy
Hereditary Monarchy
Cyrus
42. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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43. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Syracuse
democracy
labyrinth
'dark age'
44. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
The Parthenon
aristocrats
Peloponnesus
Isthmus
45. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
Pythia
Isthmus
Darius
46. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Lliad
symposium
Syracuse
Persia
47. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
The Parthenon
Darius
Regent
Hereditary Monarchy
48. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Triremes
Sophists
Melos
Leonidas
49. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
tyrant
The Long Walls
Cultural Pluralism
phalanx
50. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Mardonius
Cyrus
'dark age'
Themistocles