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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. 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
Alcibiades
metics
citizen
Leonidas
2. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
The Long Walls
polis
The Peloponnesian League
democracy
3. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
The Peloponnesian League
The Parthenon
phalanx
Darius
4. 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.
Syracuse
Melos
Battle of Mycale
Battle of Plataea
5. The governor of an administrative district
rhetoric
Battle of Thermopylae
Satrap
Bards
6. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
draconian
Satrap
Leonidas
constitution
7. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Mardonius
Darius
Battle of Marathon
Syracuse
8. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Darius
citizen
Triremes
The Delian league
9. The Greek word for excessive pride
Hubris
Satrapy
The Long Walls
democracy
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
Hereditary Monarchy
Pythia
Isthmus
Battle of Plataea
11. The people from the island of Melos
Triremes
Melians
The Immortals
metics
12. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Lliad
Homer
draconian
Darius
13. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
The Parthenon
citizen
Hoplite
mercenary
14. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
tyrant
Battle of Plataea
The Immortals
Satrapy
15. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
draconian
Miltiades
aristocrats
Pythia
16. The Greek word for excessive pride
Battle of Mycale
Sir Arthur Evans
Hubris
Bards
17. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Cyrus
democracy
aristocrats
Melians
18. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Miltiades
Mardonius
labyrinth
Sir Arthur Evans
19. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
labyrinth
Xerxes
phalanx
Mardonius
20. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Pericles
citizen
Leonidas
oligarchy
21. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Aspasia
Battle of Marathon
Bards
Darius
22. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Darius
Miltiades
citizen
Mardonius
23. 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
Pheidippides
The Peloponnesian League
metics
24. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
metics
Melos
Melians
citizen
25. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Syracuse
Regent
Leonidas
rhetoric
26. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
perioikoi
The Long Walls
Regent
'dark age'
27. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
perioikoi
Persia
The Immortals
Cultural Pluralism
28. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Isthmus
tyrant
Alcibiades
The Peloponnesian League
29. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Xerxes
Mardonius
Hereditary Monarchy
Satrap
30. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
aristocrats
Lysander
Darius
Regent
31. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
oligarchy
Battle of Mycale
citizen
Satrap
32. 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
Triremes
perioikoi
Pheidippides
constitution
33. 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.
'dark age'
Triremes
metics
perioikoi
34. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
Pythia
perioikoi
Satrapy
35. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Regent
Battle of Marathon
The Long Walls
democracy
36. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Pythia
Hubris
mercenary
Aspasia
37. A land bridge
labyrinth
draconian
The Peloponnesian League
Isthmus
38. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Battle of Mycale
Alcibiades
Peloponnesus
Themistocles
39. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
The Delian league
metics
Hereditary Monarchy
Isthmus
40. 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.
Miltiades
polis
Melians
symposium
41. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Regent
Syracuse
Themistocles
draconian
42. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Bards
Regent
Persia
tyrant
43. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
oligarchy
symposium
The Immortals
44. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
constitution
oligarchy
Syracuse
perioikoi
45. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Hoplon
Battle of Marathon
The Immortals
Pericles
46. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Aspasia
Sophists
Battle of Salamis
Pythia
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
Leonidas
Melos
The Long Walls
48. 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 Thermopylae
Lysander
Persia
Persia
49. Public speaking
Regent
Hoplite
rhetoric
phalanx
50. 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.
polis
The Long Walls
Homer
constitution