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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
The Parthenon
Nike
Hoplite
Isthmus
2. The Greek word for excessive pride
Battle of Plataea
aristocrats
Pythia
Hubris
3. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
aristocrats
Pythia
democracy
4. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
metics
Xerxes
Mardonius
oligarchy
5. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Battle of Salamis
democracy
Hubris
Sophists
6. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
oligarchy
citizen
Odyssey
Leonidas
7. The commander of theAthenians during the Ionian revolt that lead to war
Pheidippides
Miltiades
Pheidippides
Battle of Mycale
8. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Persia
Hubris
Homer
aristocrats
9. 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
Battle of Marathon
metics
Regent
The Peloponnesian League
10. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Odyssey
mercenary
Isthmus
The Long Walls
11. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Peloponnesus
Homer
Leonidas
perioikoi
12. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
constitution
The Delian league
Bards
Peloponnesus
13. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Themistocles
The Delian league
Pheidippides
phalanx
14. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Cultural Pluralism
Xerxes
Syracuse
Pythia
15. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
labyrinth
The Parthenon
Darius
Pericles
16. 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
Hoplite
Lysander
symposium
Peloponnesus
17. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Melos
Peloponnesus
democracy
Odyssey
18. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Sophists
Bards
The Peloponnesian League
democracy
19. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
phalanx
Syracuse
The Immortals
Hoplon
20. 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
constitution
Pheidippides
democracy
The Long Walls
21. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Leonidas
aristocrats
Battle of Mycale
Cultural Pluralism
22. A maze
labyrinth
Hereditary Monarchy
symposium
Pheidippides
23. TheAthenian word for victory
Nike
rhetoric
The Long Walls
Hereditary Monarchy
24. (1851 - 1941): British archeologist who unearthed the remains of the Minoan civilization (Knossos) on the island of Crete. - excavated Knossos
Syracuse
Persia
Sir Arthur Evans
Lliad
25. 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.
Satrap
The Peloponnesian League
metics
The Immortals
26. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
The Parthenon
Hoplon
Melos
Sophists
27. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Nike
constitution
Pythia
Aspasia
28. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
oligarchy
tyrant
Sophists
Alcibiades
29. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
Odyssey
democracy
Cyrus
30. A maze
Mardonius
labyrinth
Hoplite
democracy
31. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Battle of Plataea
Aspasia
Hoplite
Lysander
32. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Cultural Pluralism
Leonidas
Aspasia
draconian
33. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Battle of Plataea
perioikoi
The Parthenon
Xerxes
34. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Regent
Battle of Mycale
citizen
Melians
35. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
Battle of Marathon
Nike
Alcibiades
36. 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.
Lliad
Battle of Mycale
Isthmus
Homer
37. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
Battle of Salamis
Melians
Odyssey
Triremes
38. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Satrap
metics
The Long Walls
tyrant
39. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Pheidippides
Aspasia
citizen
The Long Walls
40. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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41. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hereditary Monarchy
democracy
Battle of Marathon
Syracuse
42. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Peloponnesus
Odyssey
The Parthenon
tyrant
43. 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.
Pheidippides
The Delian league
polis
Bards
44. 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
Isthmus
Lysander
rhetoric
Themistocles
45. The people from the island of Melos
Melians
Battle of Salamis
Sophists
Miltiades
46. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
The Long Walls
Isthmus
Pheidippides
democracy
47. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Cyrus
tyrant
Leonidas
Melos
48. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
Hereditary Monarchy
mercenary
Battle of Plataea
Hubris
49. 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
Hoplon
Alcibiades
Pheidippides
50. The governor of an administrative district
Xerxes
Satrap
Satrapy
Triremes
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