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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. 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
citizen
oligarchy
Homer
Battle of Thermopylae
2. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Battle of Thermopylae
Homer
Pythia
Peloponnesus
3. The governor of an administrative district
The Delian league
Aspasia
Satrap
Homer
4. 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)
phalanx
Persia
Battle of Salamis
The Immortals
5. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Lliad
'dark age'
rhetoric
Hubris
6. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Satrapy
Sophists
Nike
Leonidas
7. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Leonidas
Cultural Pluralism
oligarchy
Sir Arthur Evans
8. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Pheidippides
The Parthenon
Isthmus
Alcibiades
9. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Darius
Melos
Lliad
The Peloponnesian League
10. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
mercenary
Isthmus
draconian
aristocrats
11. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Cyrus
Syracuse
Cyrus
phalanx
12. 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
Xerxes
The Peloponnesian League
Melians
Battle of Plataea
13. 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
Hubris
Pericles
Battle of Mycale
The Delian league
14. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
metics
Lysander
aristocrats
Cultural Pluralism
15. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
The Long Walls
Aspasia
Cyrus
Satrapy
16. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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17. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Pythia
Pheidippides
phalanx
oligarchy
18. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Themistocles
constitution
metics
mercenary
19. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Hoplite
Themistocles
Pericles
draconian
20. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
democracy
Aspasia
Hoplite
Battle of Mycale
21. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Cyrus
draconian
Aspasia
labyrinth
22. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
rhetoric
Persia
oligarchy
tyrant
23. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Regent
The Long Walls
Pythia
Battle of Plataea
24. Public speaking
rhetoric
Battle of Salamis
Cultural Pluralism
Hereditary Monarchy
25. An administrative district
Satrapy
aristocrats
Miltiades
oligarchy
26. 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 Immortals
Satrap
The Delian league
Darius
27. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Aspasia
Hoplite
Satrap
Isthmus
28. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Battle of Marathon
Xerxes
Peloponnesus
Odyssey
29. TheAthenian word for victory
The Immortals
Triremes
Persia
Nike
30. 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
Satrapy
Hubris
Bards
31. 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
constitution
Regent
Lysander
Battle of Thermopylae
32. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
phalanx
Alcibiades
Miltiades
Battle of Mycale
33. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Battle of Salamis
Cultural Pluralism
Hoplon
Persia
34. TheAthenian word for victory
Nike
The Long Walls
Pericles
'dark age'
35. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Sir Arthur Evans
Odyssey
Nike
tyrant
36. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Syracuse
Xerxes
Cyrus
Odyssey
37. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Battle of Marathon
The Immortals
Peloponnesus
Persia
38. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
aristocrats
constitution
Pheidippides
citizen
39. 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.
Melians
Peloponnesus
polis
Pythia
40. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Lysander
mercenary
Themistocles
aristocrats
41. 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.
Melians
constitution
citizen
Battle of Mycale
42. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Melians
Hereditary Monarchy
'dark age'
perioikoi
43. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
Cultural Pluralism
rhetoric
Triremes
44. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Bards
perioikoi
Pythia
Persia
45. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Homer
Melians
Melos
Aspasia
46. 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
Cultural Pluralism
Homer
polis
47. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Pericles
democracy
Cyrus
Aspasia
48. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
democracy
Odyssey
Alcibiades
49. 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.
perioikoi
Bards
metics
Themistocles
50. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
Xerxes
Battle of Mycale
aristocrats