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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. 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.
Regent
polis
tyrant
Hereditary Monarchy
2. 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.
symposium
Melos
Aspasia
metics
3. 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
Leonidas
The Parthenon
tyrant
4. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Leonidas
Battle of Mycale
Sophists
Triremes
5. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Darius
Hubris
metics
citizen
6. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Lysander
metics
Nike
Aspasia
7. The people from the island of Melos
Xerxes
Melians
Sophists
Cultural Pluralism
8. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Sir Arthur Evans
Cyrus
The Peloponnesian League
The Delian league
9. 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)
Leonidas
rhetoric
Battle of Salamis
symposium
10. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Isthmus
Themistocles
labyrinth
Persia
11. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
rhetoric
oligarchy
Cyrus
Mardonius
12. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
aristocrats
draconian
constitution
Battle of Salamis
13. TheAthenian word for victory
Nike
Sir Arthur Evans
Cyrus
Lliad
14. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Battle of Thermopylae
Melos
Aspasia
tyrant
15. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Aspasia
Satrapy
Miltiades
democracy
16. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
The Parthenon
Melos
citizen
Battle of Mycale
17. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Homer
Aspasia
Cyrus
democracy
18. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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19. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Nike
Melos
Hoplon
Regent
20. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Thermopylae
Homer
Persia
21. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Miltiades
Alcibiades
democracy
tyrant
22. 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
Battle of Mycale
Pheidippides
Hoplon
23. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
mercenary
Themistocles
Xerxes
24. A land bridge
Isthmus
Hoplon
Lysander
Triremes
25. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
Leonidas
Leonidas
Hoplite
26. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Syracuse
Battle of Salamis
symposium
Regent
27. 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 -
mercenary
Peloponnesus
labyrinth
symposium
28. The governor of an administrative district
Sir Arthur Evans
The Parthenon
Satrap
tyrant
29. 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.
polis
Battle of Mycale
Hubris
Battle of Plataea
30. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Persia
metics
The Immortals
31. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
tyrant
The Delian league
oligarchy
Leonidas
32. The governor of an administrative district
Aspasia
Peloponnesus
Hoplite
Satrap
33. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Persia
Triremes
democracy
citizen
34. 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
Regent
The Delian league
Peloponnesus
Battle of Marathon
35. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
The Delian league
tyrant
Persia
Hubris
36. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
The Long Walls
Hoplite
Pythia
mercenary
37. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
tyrant
polis
Melos
Mardonius
38. 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 -
The Long Walls
symposium
Isthmus
Cyrus
39. 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
Triremes
rhetoric
democracy
Battle of Plataea
40. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
rhetoric
Leonidas
symposium
draconian
41. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Triremes
Hubris
Mardonius
Regent
42. 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
polis
Battle of Plataea
aristocrats
Nike
43. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
oligarchy
Triremes
citizen
The Peloponnesian League
44. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Battle of Thermopylae
Aspasia
Xerxes
Pythia
45. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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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
Bards
Peloponnesus
Pericles
Lysander
47. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
aristocrats
Battle of Plataea
citizen
Regent
48. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
symposium
Sophists
tyrant
Hoplite
49. 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
Nike
The Peloponnesian League
Xerxes
50. Public speaking
Melians
rhetoric
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Thermopylae