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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. The Greek word for excessive pride
Mardonius
Hubris
rhetoric
The Long Walls
2. A land bridge
Hubris
Odyssey
Themistocles
Isthmus
3. 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.
draconian
democracy
Bards
metics
4. The governor of an administrative district
oligarchy
Satrap
democracy
Aspasia
5. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Cyrus
Pericles
democracy
Triremes
6. 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
Syracuse
rhetoric
Pheidippides
Bards
7. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melians
The Peloponnesian League
Melos
Hereditary Monarchy
8. 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
Homer
Battle of Mycale
9. The people from the island of Melos
Xerxes
Melians
perioikoi
aristocrats
10. 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
symposium
phalanx
draconian
11. 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
Alcibiades
Themistocles
Cyrus
Pericles
12. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Melians
Xerxes
Themistocles
Battle of Marathon
13. A substitute ruler
Regent
Alcibiades
constitution
The Parthenon
14. A maze
Satrapy
symposium
Homer
labyrinth
15. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Hubris
Odyssey
polis
labyrinth
16. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
mercenary
Isthmus
Sophists
Mardonius
17. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
Peloponnesus
The Peloponnesian League
Pericles
labyrinth
18. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
labyrinth
The Parthenon
Cyrus
19. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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20. The Greek word for excessive pride
Pericles
Leonidas
Hoplon
Hubris
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
'dark age'
Lysander
oligarchy
Pericles
22. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Alcibiades
Syracuse
phalanx
Persia
23. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
Syracuse
Syracuse
aristocrats
24. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Marathon
Pheidippides
The Immortals
oligarchy
25. A substitute ruler
Regent
Isthmus
Cultural Pluralism
Xerxes
26. 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
Alcibiades
metics
labyrinth
27. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Hoplite
aristocrats
Sophists
polis
28. A maze
citizen
The Peloponnesian League
Homer
labyrinth
29. 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
Isthmus
mercenary
oligarchy
Battle of Marathon
30. 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)
Nike
Pheidippides
tyrant
Battle of Salamis
31. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
metics
The Long Walls
The Peloponnesian League
Homer
32. An administrative district
Satrapy
Themistocles
Homer
Battle of Plataea
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.
symposium
metics
draconian
Aspasia
34. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
draconian
democracy
polis
Persia
35. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Battle of Thermopylae
The Parthenon
Alcibiades
oligarchy
36. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
oligarchy
polis
Battle of Mycale
Hoplite
37. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Melos
Cultural Pluralism
Cyrus
The Parthenon
38. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
Lliad
Satrap
democracy
draconian
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.
polis
The Delian league
Alcibiades
citizen
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.
Persia
polis
Satrap
'dark age'
41. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Aspasia
Triremes
Homer
The Parthenon
42. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Hereditary Monarchy
Leonidas
'dark age'
Lysander
43. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
polis
Bards
Alcibiades
Cultural Pluralism
44. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
Satrapy
Alcibiades
Sir Arthur Evans
45. Public speaking
Themistocles
Battle of Salamis
Isthmus
rhetoric
46. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Marathon
Lliad
Hereditary Monarchy
47. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Homer
Battle of Thermopylae
Syracuse
Hubris
48. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
Miltiades
The Parthenon
rhetoric
49. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Mardonius
Syracuse
Battle of Plataea
Homer
50. Greeks who sang songs to keep records
Pericles
Bards
Cyrus
Melians