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100

This was a gathering of men in a special room of an ancient Greek house for drinking, socializing, and entertainment.

What is a symposium?

100

The type of government in Athens was this kind.

What is a democracy?

100

This man, in about 10 years, conquered Egypt, the Persian Empire, and parts of India before dying at the age of 33.

Who is Alexander the Great?

100

This group of people, despite being Athenian by birth, were excluded from all political decision-making in the city of Athens.

Who are women?

100

This Persian emperor was the first to launch an invasion of the Greek mainland in 490 BCE.

Who is Darius I?

200

Boys of this city-state were trained to speak in a concise manner; "come and take them," for instance.

What is Sparta?

200

This man's reforms put an end to debt slavery in Athens.

Who is Solon?

200

This sea, an offshoot of the Mediterranean, borders mainland Greece and contains most of the Greek islands.

What is the Aegean Sea?

200

This group of people moved into mainland Greece after the collapse of Mycenaean society.

Who are the Dorians?

200

Weapons and armor in the Mycenaean period tended to be made of this metal.

What is bronze?

300

This kind of Greek vase painting was the latest and most popular variety.

What is red-figure?

300

This Athenian political institution proposed laws to be voted on, and was later given more executive powers.

What is the Athenian Council?

300

This city was the center of culture, religion, and thought in the Greek-speaking world during the Hellenistic period.

What is Alexandria?

300

This group of people, conquered and forced into servitude in the 8th century BCE, provided all the agricultural labor for Spartan society.

Who are the helots?

300

Athens tended to rely for its military strength on this, with a prime example being the Battle of Salamis in 479 BCE.

What is its navy?

400

These Greek terms refer to a pair of male lovers, one older and one younger.

What are erastes and eromenos?

400

In the aftermath of the Persian Wars, the Athenians created and led this alliance of Greek city-states?

What is the Delian League?

400

After the overthrowing of the tyranny, this man instituted a series of reforms in Athens that included limiting the power of wealth classes and opening political participation to all citizens.

Who is Cleisthenes?

400

This type of person lived in Athens as a foreign resident, and had limited rights and privileges.

What is a metic?

400

The Persian army was defeated for the final time by the Macedonians in this battle, which marks the end of the Persian Empire.

What is the Battle of Gaugamela?

500

One of the reasons that Socrates was executed was that the Athenian public saw him as one of these controversial travelling teachers.

Who are the sophists?

500

The beating heart of the Athenian democracy under Pericles resided in the juries and lawcourts-called these in Greek-composed of paid, ordinary citizens.

What are the dikasteria?

500

Ancient Athenian comedy and tragedy were usually performed in this venue, next to the acropolis?

What is the Theater of Dionysus?

500

Spartan boys were expected to undergo a rigorous military education, called this in Greek.

What is the agoge?

500

Philip II ended the independence of the Greek city-states at the Battle of Chaeronea in this year.

What is 338 BCE?