Greek trivia

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Greek trivia
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What does the word Polis (Poli) mean?
high place
Hellenes
City - State
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The Dialogues were written by whom?
Plato
Herodotus
Socrates
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What city state had ephors in its government?
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
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An Athenian woman wore a cloth garment called a
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Chiton
Storia
Toga
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What was the name of ruling body in Athens that
controlled the army, navy, and financial matters?
Senate
General Assembly
Council of 500
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What was the name of the Battle that 300 Spartans
sacrificed themselves in order to slow the
Persian Army?
Thermopylae
Troy
Marathon
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The city-states fought each other in a
devastating civil war from 431-404 BC. What was
the name of this war?
Peloponnesian
Cretian
Persian
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The Greek leader who was very important in
raising up Athens to a great power through
building improvements, and support of education
was?
Socrates
Pericles
Aristophanes
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Alexander the Great was from what area of the
world?
Corinth
Macedonia
Crete
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What was the name of the battle in that Alexander
faced war chariots armed with blades?
Granicus
Gaugamela
Ilyeum
None of these
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The Greek word for excessive pride is ?
Cratos
Hubris
Orallos
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This man started the Trojan War by kidnapping
Helen of Troy?
Odysseus
Achilles
Paris
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The Olympics were first held in what city?
Athens
Troy
Ilium
None of the above
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The Olympic Games honored which God?
Apollo
Zeus
Athena
None of the above
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Answer- Olympia
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The type of column with a scroll-look at the top
was called a ?
Ionic
Corinthian
Doric
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The marketplace in Athens was called the ?
Agora
Parthenon
Forum
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Married women were allowed as spectators in the
Olympics?
TRUE
FALSE
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What event involved started with many riders and
often ended with just one or two still standing
at the end?
marathon
Chariot racing
wrestling
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Which of the three choices below is not a
playwright?
Sophocles
Aristarchus
Euripides
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The Father of Medicine is?
Socrates
Hippocrates
Helidartus
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List the order of philosophers in from top to
bottom in terms of when they lived in Athens. Who
came firstetc.?
Socrates Aristotle Plato
Socrates Plato Aristotle
Plato Socrates Aristotle
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Which archeologist wrote a lot about ancient Troy
?
Arthur Evans
David Erlmann
Heinrich Schliemann
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Athens misuse of funds given to it by the Delian
League was one of the causes of what war?
Persian War
Spartan War
Peloponnesian War
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Which Persian leader burned Athens in one of his
campaigns?
King Darius
King Xerxes
None of the above
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Famous People

• Answer the following questions in your head.
• The correct answer will be shown on the next
  slide presented.

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Famous GreeksDraw an arrow to and circle your
answer for each question.

• 1) Who wrote the Dialogues?
• 2) I was a philosopher who had to commit suicide
  by drinking poison.
• 3) I was the main tutor of Alexander the Great
  and I opened up a school called The Lyceum

• ---Plato
• ---Herodotus
• ---Aristophanes
• ---Herakles
• ---Aristotle
• ---Thucydides
• ---Socrates
• ---Aeschylus

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Famous GreeksAnswers 1-3

• 1) Who wrote the Dialogues?
• 2) I was a philosopher who had to commit suicide
  by drinking poison.
• 3) I was the main tutor of Alexander the Great
  and I opened up a school called The Lyceum

• ---Plato
• ---Herodotus
• ---Aristophanes
• ---Herakles
• ---Aristotle
• ---Thucydides
• ---Socrates
• ---Aeschylus

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Famous People- Draw an arrow from the question
to its answer.

• 4) I was a famous Greek historian who wrote about
  the wars between Greece and Persian
• 5) I wrote about the Peloponnesian War between
  the Greek city-states

• ---Plato
• ---Herodotus
• ---Aristophanes
• ---Herakles
• ---Aristotle
• ---Thucydides
• ---Socrates
• ---Aeschylus

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Famous People- Answers 4-5

• 4) I was a famous Greek historian who wrote about
  the wars between Greece and the Persians
• 5) I wrote about the Peloponnesian War between
  the Greek city-states

• --- Plato
• ---Herodotus
• ---Aristophanes
• ---Herakles
• ---Aristotle
• ---Thucydides
• ---Socrates
• ---Aeschylus

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Match the terms Draw an arrow and circle to your
answer down for each question.

• 6) A city-state ruled by nobles is called a?
• 7) Who ruled the armed forces of Athens?
• 8) Who supervised the army, navy, and finances of
  Athens?
• 9) Greek term for city-state is ?

• Poli
• Monarchy
• Aristocracy
• Democracy
• Assembly
• Council of 500
• Ten Generals

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Match the terms- Answers 6-9

• 6) City-state ruled by nobles is a ?
• 7) Who ruled the armed forces of Athens ?
• 8) Who supervised the army, navy, and finances of
  Athens?
• 9) Greek term for city-state is?

• Poli
• Monarchy
• Aristocracy
• Democracy
• Assembly
• Council of 500
• Ten Generals

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Conflict with PersianAnswers- 10-12

• 10) The Athenian army, though smaller, defeated
  the Persians at what location?
• 11) Persians lost to the Greeks in a naval battle
  at what location?
• 12) What Persian leader burned Athens to the
  ground ?

• Helots-
• Pericles-
• Darius-
• Salamis-
• Marathon-
• Delian League
• Xerxes
• Ephors

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Conflict with PersianAnswers- 10-12

• 10) The Athenian army though smaller defeated the
  Persians at what location?
• 11) Persians lost to the Greeks in a naval battle
  at what location?
• 12) What Persian leader burned Athens to the
  ground ?

• Helots-
• Pericles-
• Darius-
• Salamis-
• Marathon-
• Delian League
• Xerxes
• Ephors

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What Greek scientist is credited with drawing the
first known map of the world?
Anaximander
Thales
Pythagoras
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What Greek scientist was the first to call the
Earth round, and developed a very important
basic theorem of geometry used today?
Thales of Miletus
Aristotle
Pythagoras
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What scientist invented the water screw?
Archimedes
Hippocrates
Asclepius
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There is an oath that doctors today take? Who is
it named after?
Hippocrates
Democritus
Aesclepius
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