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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
symposium
Miltiades
Leonidas
labyrinth
2. 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 Long Walls
Pheidippides
oligarchy
Alcibiades
3. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pythia
labyrinth
Battle of Marathon
draconian
4. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
The Long Walls
symposium
constitution
5. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
metics
Leonidas
oligarchy
Hoplite
6. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
The Long Walls
Melians
Mardonius
Persia
7. 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.
Pythia
The Delian league
Battle of Salamis
Isthmus
8. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Regent
Aspasia
Hereditary Monarchy
The Immortals
9. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Alcibiades
Pheidippides
Persia
Battle of Mycale
10. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Hubris
Odyssey
Hoplon
The Parthenon
11. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Lliad
Aspasia
Miltiades
Bards
12. 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
Satrapy
Satrap
Battle of Marathon
Syracuse
13. 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
symposium
Lysander
phalanx
Pythia
14. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
oligarchy
aristocrats
The Peloponnesian League
Themistocles
15. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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16. A maze
labyrinth
Leonidas
Miltiades
The Immortals
17. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Melos
constitution
Aspasia
Lliad
18. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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19. 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 Salamis
Persia
Hoplon
rhetoric
20. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
Cyrus
Hereditary Monarchy
Aspasia
21. 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
Battle of Salamis
Lysander
citizen
Satrap
22. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
symposium
'dark age'
rhetoric
mercenary
23. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
democracy
'dark age'
Triremes
Regent
24. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
citizen
Battle of Plataea
Darius
Bards
25. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Darius
Cyrus
Aspasia
perioikoi
26. 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
The Delian league
Isthmus
Alcibiades
27. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Miltiades
labyrinth
Mardonius
Homer
28. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Isthmus
Xerxes
The Peloponnesian League
Miltiades
29. The Greek word for excessive pride
Sophists
Hubris
Satrap
Homer
30. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
tyrant
Melians
Melos
Miltiades
31. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Sir Arthur Evans
Battle of Marathon
Hereditary Monarchy
draconian
32. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Syracuse
constitution
Hoplon
Persia
33. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Sir Arthur Evans
Pericles
citizen
Pythia
34. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Darius
Battle of Marathon
oligarchy
Lliad
35. 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
oligarchy
Hubris
Melians
36. 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)
perioikoi
Battle of Salamis
Sir Arthur Evans
Melians
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
Satrap
Hubris
Lliad
Alcibiades
38. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pythia
draconian
Lliad
Cyrus
39. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Satrapy
Sir Arthur Evans
The Long Walls
The Delian league
40. 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
Battle of Salamis
Hubris
Pericles
Cyrus
41. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
labyrinth
Peloponnesus
Battle of Plataea
42. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
rhetoric
Hereditary Monarchy
Battle of Mycale
The Delian league
43. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
Bards
aristocrats
draconian
44. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
The Parthenon
Pericles
Peloponnesus
Pericles
45. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Bards
Satrap
mercenary
phalanx
46. A maze
labyrinth
Leonidas
Lliad
mercenary
47. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hoplon
citizen
labyrinth
Hubris
48. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Themistocles
Homer
Persia
Triremes
49. The people from the island of Melos
Battle of Marathon
Melians
Cultural Pluralism
mercenary
50. 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
democracy
mercenary
Battle of Mycale
Battle of Marathon