Athens and Sparta
Mycenaean Era
Greeks and Persians
Images of Greece
Miscellaneous
100
Athens raised its males citizens with a large what....?
Education
100
Who wrote the Iliad?
Homer (Not Simpson)
100
Who was Xerxes?
A powerful Persian king, the last to invade Greece.
100
This image is of the ruins of what city?
Troy
100
Define the word Agora.
The marketplace of an ancient city state.
200
The Spartan Agoge was essentially a what?
A military school or training camp.
200
Name one famous character from the Trojan War.
Possible Answers:
Achilles, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Hector, Paris, Helen, Odysseus, Ajax, Patroclus.
200
Why did Persia invade Greece?
In retaliation for supporting a rebellion in modern Turkey.
200
This restored image is an example of what?
Acropolis
200
What is a Hegemony?
It is where one group dominates and commands others.
300
DAILY DOUBLE!
For 600 points, define the two terms:
Democracy and Oligarchy
Democracy: A government by the people.
Oligarchy: a government where a small group of people have power.
300
What is this image?
The Trojan Horse.
300
After a few hundred years, who managed to conquer all of Persia?
Alexander the Great
300
Two famous Warriors are fighting here, who are they?
Achilles and Hector
300
What is Zoroastrianism?
A monotheistic Persian religion.
400
At the Battle of Thermopylae, a Greek force fought off a much larger Persian force for several days. How many Spartans were a part of this battle?
300
400
The Mycenaean Civilization was named after the most powerful city state of the period. Which City State was that?
The city of Mycenae.
400
We named a contest after this legendary run from what battle?
The Battle of Marathon
400
Who is this statue of?
Alexander the Great
400
What is the modern name for the hill where Troy may have existed?
Hisarlik
500
Two of the most important reformers in Athens transformed the City from an Oligarchy into a Democracy. Name one of them.
Solon
Cleisthenes
BONUS: What did they both do?
500
The powerful and advanced Mycenaean kingdoms fell apart in one generation, in an event known as...?
The Bronze Age Collapse
500
Based on this image, what was one advanced system Persia had developed?
An advanced postal / mail system.
500
What vocabulary word is this an example of?
Phalanx
500
What was the most famous sport in the Olympics?
The Chariot Race