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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. 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
rhetoric
Battle of Marathon
Pythia
Nike
2. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
Nike
constitution
Isthmus
3. A land bridge
Hoplon
Isthmus
Battle of Thermopylae
The Long Walls
4. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Melians
Leonidas
Lysander
The Long Walls
5. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Pericles
symposium
Odyssey
Leonidas
6. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Hereditary Monarchy
Themistocles
Mardonius
democracy
7. Form of government in which a few wealthy people have the power
Satrapy
oligarchy
perioikoi
Themistocles
8. A Greek leader that helped the Greeks greatly by deceiving the Persians during the Battle of Salamis
Battle of Salamis
Satrapy
Themistocles
Pythia
9. 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
Sophists
Hoplite
Cultural Pluralism
10. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Aspasia
Pythia
perioikoi
Hoplite
11. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Syracuse
citizen
Hoplon
Peloponnesus
12. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
Syracuse
Sophists
draconian
rhetoric
13. An administrative district
Hoplon
Satrapy
Mardonius
Hubris
14. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
draconian
tyrant
Pheidippides
Syracuse
15. 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 -
'dark age'
Isthmus
Sophists
symposium
16. The people from the island of Melos
Mardonius
The Parthenon
Aspasia
Melians
17. TheAthenian word for victory
Battle of Plataea
Nike
perioikoi
citizen
18. A Greek man that was so desperate for glory that he started a war against Sparta that theAthenians were bound to lose - and when he got called back toAthens for vandalism - he went to the Spartans to aid them
Leonidas
Lysander
Odyssey
Alcibiades
19. A substitute ruler
Regent
Bards
Sir Arthur Evans
Battle of Thermopylae
20. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
The Long Walls
The Parthenon
Hoplon
The Immortals
21. The elite 10 -000 Persian soldiers that were sent to fight the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae
Satrap
Satrapy
Darius
The Immortals
22. In Spartan society - these were those residents who were neither helots nor Spartiates. Made of merchants and artisans
Lliad
Leonidas
perioikoi
Hoplon
23. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Persia
'dark age'
phalanx
perioikoi
24. 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
mercenary
Pheidippides
The Peloponnesian League
draconian
25. Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
Satrap
labyrinth
Homer
The Immortals
26. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Themistocles
The Long Walls
tyrant
Darius
27. Long - thin -Athenian ships that were more maneuverable than other ships and greatly helped the Greeks in the Battle of Salamis
mercenary
Pythia
The Delian league
Triremes
28. 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
Hubris
Battle of Salamis
Darius
Battle of Marathon
29. 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
Themistocles
Pericles
Satrap
Nike
30. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
Miltiades
tyrant
The Long Walls
Odyssey
31. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
Cultural Pluralism
The Peloponnesian League
The Delian league
aristocrats
32. 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)
symposium
Hoplon
Battle of Salamis
Triremes
33. 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
Satrapy
Satrapy
Battle of Thermopylae
Aspasia
34. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
draconian
mercenary
The Long Walls
Lliad
35. A maze
The Delian league
Hereditary Monarchy
Odyssey
labyrinth
36. The king of the Persian empire from 522 to 480 BCE who spit the area into 20 administrative areas
Darius
Pericles
Hereditary Monarchy
The Peloponnesian League
37. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Mardonius
Pythia
Hoplite
The Immortals
38. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Triremes
Sophists
Darius
democracy
39. 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
Lysander
Cultural Pluralism
Mardonius
Leonidas
40. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Hubris
metics
constitution
Melians
41. 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
Leonidas
Pheidippides
Battle of Mycale
democracy
42. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Xerxes
mercenary
tyrant
Odyssey
43. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
Isthmus
citizen
Alcibiades
constitution
44. A land bridge
Cyrus
metics
Isthmus
The Long Walls
45. The governor of an administrative district
Satrap
'dark age'
rhetoric
Darius
46. 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.
metics
Hubris
Isthmus
draconian
47. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Odyssey
'dark age'
Hoplon
Hubris
48. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy
Bards
Odyssey
Melos
Isthmus
49. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Sophists
phalanx
Hoplon
citizen
50. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
Hubris
mercenary
The Long Walls
Sophists