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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. 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.
Leonidas
Battle of Mycale
citizen
Sophists
2. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Darius
The Immortals
phalanx
mercenary
3. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
Battle of Plataea
Homer
mercenary
4. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
perioikoi
The Parthenon
The Delian league
Aspasia
5. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
The Immortals
Satrapy
'dark age'
Pericles
6. A substitute ruler
oligarchy
Leonidas
Regent
perioikoi
7. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Syracuse
mercenary
Battle of Plataea
citizen
8. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Lliad
Hereditary Monarchy
Darius
Syracuse
9. The governor of an administrative district
Odyssey
Aspasia
The Long Walls
Satrap
10. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
mercenary
Peloponnesus
Regent
Aspasia
11. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Bards
citizen
Hoplon
The Long Walls
12. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Battle of Salamis
Pythia
Sophists
phalanx
13. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
Hoplite
Satrap
Nike
14. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
labyrinth
Syracuse
Mardonius
Xerxes
15. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Hoplon
The Delian league
Satrap
perioikoi
16. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
democracy
metics
Triremes
Hoplite
17. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Themistocles
phalanx
Darius
Battle of Salamis
18. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Pythia
aristocrats
Sir Arthur Evans
Persia
19. 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
Darius
Cyrus
Aspasia
20. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
Battle of Marathon
mercenary
Pythia
21. An administrative district
Satrapy
mercenary
Xerxes
oligarchy
22. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
The Immortals
Odyssey
Mardonius
Alcibiades
23. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Isthmus
Peloponnesus
citizen
aristocrats
24. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Battle of Plataea
Odyssey
oligarchy
aristocrats
25. 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
'dark age'
Xerxes
citizen
26. The first great epic that Homer wrote. It was about a prince of Troy kidnapping the wife of the king of Sparta.
Hubris
The Immortals
Hubris
Lliad
27. 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.
tyrant
Nike
Satrapy
metics
28. 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)
Hubris
Battle of Salamis
Melians
tyrant
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
'dark age'
Battle of Marathon
Leonidas
Odyssey
30. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
The Long Walls
Triremes
Odyssey
polis
31. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Cyrus
mercenary
Satrap
democracy
32. 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
Homer
Triremes
Hereditary Monarchy
33. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
Themistocles
Homer
labyrinth
34. 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 -
symposium
Aspasia
labyrinth
labyrinth
35. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
rhetoric
Themistocles
democracy
Hereditary Monarchy
36. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
symposium
oligarchy
Pheidippides
Satrapy
37. 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
Hoplite
Pheidippides
Isthmus
The Peloponnesian League
38. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
symposium
Aspasia
Hoplon
Nike
39. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Battle of Marathon
Nike
phalanx
oligarchy
40. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Mardonius
Darius
Battle of Salamis
Homer
41. The governor of an administrative district
aristocrats
oligarchy
Satrap
Syracuse
42. 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
aristocrats
Sir Arthur Evans
The Immortals
43. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
perioikoi
Cyrus
Melos
Persia
44. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Darius
constitution
Darius
The Delian league
45. The people from the island of Melos
Themistocles
constitution
Melians
Peloponnesus
46. A land bridge
Aspasia
Mardonius
Battle of Thermopylae
Isthmus
47. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
Aspasia
phalanx
Hubris
Peloponnesus
48. 300 years where everything fell apart and was destroyed
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49. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
The Long Walls
Odyssey
The Delian league
Xerxes
50. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
symposium
Hoplon
Pythia
Battle of Mycale
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