The Persian War
What did Pericles order to be built after the war to honor all Greeks--Spartans and Athenians alike--who died fighting the Persians?
The Parthenon
What type of government did Sparta have?
An oligarchy, meaning "rule by the few"
Which Persian capital city did Alexander reach and conquer, before marching off to Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Persepolis (meaning: Persia-City)
What were the original Spartan called who served as full time as citizen soldiers?
Hoplites
What was the purpose of the kleroterion device?
To select leaders using a mechanism that picked tokens at random
According to the possibly biased history from Herodotus, while the Persians lost 6,400 soldiers at the Battle of Marathon, how many did the Greeks lose?
192
What word defines a temporary alliance of city-states or kingdoms?
A coalition
Which group conquered the Southern Greek city-states after the Peloponnesian War?
The Macedonians
What is the name for the Greek warship with three-rows of oars and a battering ram to punch holes in the enemy hulls?
Triremes
What is the Greek word for the open-air marketplace used for schools of philosophy, democratic debate, trade, and festivals?
Agora
After the Persians lost to the Greeks in the Battle of Marathon, how long did they wait to invade again?
10 Years
When did the Peloponnesian War end between Sparta and Greece?
404 BC/BCE
What was the name of Alexander the Great's father, also a King of Macedon, who dreamt of defeating Persia once and for all?
Phillip, also known as Phillip II
At the naval battle of Salamis, between the Persians and the Greeks, what memorable action did the queen Artemisia do?
She betrayed the Persians, re-joined the Greeks and rammed her ship into a Persian ship to escape
Which two things was Artemis the goddess of?
Pick two from the following: the moon, the forest, the hunt, virginity, wild animals, childbirth
When the Persian king Darius sent his first fleet of ships to attack Greece, what destroyed it?
A Storm
Which specific poisonous plant to Socrates drink to commit suicide?
Hemlock
What is the term for the Greek spread of culture and art due to Alexander conquering Persia and other lands?
Hellenization or Hellenism
How many men overlapped their shields as part of a phalanx unit?
Eight (8)
What is the word for "the minimum number of people required to conduct the assemblies business"
A quorum
Which general ordered the Athenian treasury to spend all its silver on a fleet of triremes to protect their seas against Persian invasion?
Themistocles
What was the name of the organization formed by Athens and its allied city-states?
The Delian League
What was the cause of death for Alexander, who died aged only 32 in the year 323 BC/BCE?
A fever
What does Herodotus says the 300 Spartans did after their swords broke fighting at Thermopylae?
They fought on with their bare hands
What were the state-owned slaves of Sparta called?