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Ancient Greece Trivia
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1. 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
Alcibiades
Battle of Thermopylae
Cultural Pluralism
rhetoric
2. Public speaking
Battle of Marathon
rhetoric
Xerxes
Triremes
3. A foreign woman who Pericles had a very controversial relationship with
perioikoi
metics
Aspasia
Leonidas
4. 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
mercenary
Battle of Thermopylae
Hoplon
5. 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
Satrapy
Sir Arthur Evans
Alcibiades
Cyrus
6. The son of Darius that became king of Persian and lost the second Persian war
Mardonius
Xerxes
The Immortals
Melians
7. A huge temple forAthena that was very expensive and time consuming for theAthenians. The building of the temple was overseen by Pericles.
Cyrus
The Parthenon
Battle of Mycale
The Long Walls
8. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
democracy
Triremes
Mardonius
Aspasia
9. The king of Persia that built up a huge empire and ruled it from 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Cyrus
mercenary
Lliad
Sir Arthur Evans
10. 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
Battle of Thermopylae
Persia
Triremes
Homer
11. A maze
Lliad
metics
labyrinth
Pythia
12. An island east of Sparta that tried to remain neutral but was attacked byAthens and defeated
Melos
polis
Darius
aristocrats
13. An administrative district
Satrap
symposium
Satrapy
Pheidippides
14. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
mercenary
Aspasia
Homer
Peloponnesus
15. An administrative district
symposium
Battle of Mycale
Satrapy
Darius
16. The governor of an administrative district
labyrinth
polis
Satrap
Miltiades
17. The people from the island of Melos
polis
Melians
metics
aristocrats
18. 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.
Xerxes
Battle of Mycale
Battle of Thermopylae
Aspasia
19. The brother-in-law of Xerxes that was left to die with the rest of the Persians during the Battle of Plataea
Hoplite
The Parthenon
phalanx
Mardonius
20. 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
Triremes
Battle of Marathon
Pheidippides
phalanx
21. An area in the middle east that the Persian empire was built on
Lysander
Darius
Persia
Battle of Salamis
22. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
Syracuse
Darius
phalanx
Cyrus
23. The southern peninsula of Greece. Location of Sparta
Pythia
Satrapy
Peloponnesus
Sophists
24. The anti-Delian league that was a league of city-states in the Peloponnesus that fought against the Delian league (Athens).
The Peloponnesian League
polis
Aspasia
rhetoric
25. People who took part in the gov gathered in agora to carry out public affairs - pass laws - and govern officials
tyrant
Miltiades
Syracuse
citizen
26. The king of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae
Isthmus
draconian
Leonidas
Satrapy
27. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (Persian war during dark age)
mercenary
phalanx
Bards
The Immortals
28. Nobles who gained power of Greece in the 700s and provided cavalry for the king's military adventures
Lysander
rhetoric
Cultural Pluralism
aristocrats
29. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Mardonius
Sir Arthur Evans
Sir Arthur Evans
Pythia
30. A huge wall aroundAthens to protect it that was ordered to build by Pericles
The Long Walls
Miltiades
democracy
draconian
31. A monarchy in which the power is passed down from generation to generation
Battle of Salamis
Triremes
The Peloponnesian League
Hereditary Monarchy
32. Athenian soldiers that were named after their shields
Hoplite
Hereditary Monarchy
Lliad
Regent
33. Another name for the Delphic Oracle
Battle of Plataea
Isthmus
Hubris
Pythia
34. In ancient Greece - a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
Triremes
The Long Walls
tyrant
Odyssey
35. A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching close together in a rectangular formation. Made up of farmers
rhetoric
metics
phalanx
Triremes
36. 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 -
Regent
symposium
Satrap
Darius
37. 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
Battle of Thermopylae
Lysander
rhetoric
The Peloponnesian League
38. When there are many cultures within an empire or kingdom
phalanx
Hereditary Monarchy
Pericles
Cultural Pluralism
39. Philosophers in ancient Greece. The name directly translates to 'those who are wise'
democracy
Sophists
mercenary
The Immortals
40. 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
Battle of Thermopylae
The Long Walls
metics
Melians
41. A substitute ruler
Pericles
symposium
Regent
aristocrats
42. 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 -
draconian
Persia
Sophists
symposium
43. A kind of shield designed by theAthenians specifically for the phalanx
Alcibiades
Hoplon
Aspasia
Lliad
44. 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.
Battle of Mycale
constitution
Lliad
Hoplon
45. Plan of gov- in 507 b.c. made freeAthenian born men citizens
Satrapy
constitution
The Parthenon
tyrant
46. A Corinthian colony and one of the wealthiest Greek cities that was at war withAthens when they aided Egesta
draconian
Syracuse
Bards
rhetoric
47. A maze
labyrinth
'dark age'
The Peloponnesian League
Melians
48. The people from the island of Melos
Pythia
Aspasia
Melians
Homer
49. The Greek word for excessive pride
Nike
Triremes
Hubris
Battle of Salamis
50. 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
phalanx
Bards
symposium
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