Explore key events from Ancient Greek military history with our Trivia Facts Quiz on Ancient Greek Wars! Test your knowledge on pivotal battles, key figures, and strategic alliances that shaped the classical world. This quiz enhances understanding of ancient military strategies and Greek history.
Sparta and Corinth
Athens and Sparta
Athens and Corinth
Delos and Athens
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Isonomia
Ostracism
Oligarchy
Symposia
Hetaira
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He was killed by a plague that struck Athens in the first years of the Peloponnesian War
He was killed in battle against the Spartans
He was assassinated by political rivals
He died in an accident during the construction of the Parthenon
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King Xerxes I
King Darius
King Leonides
King Themistocles
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A coalition of thirty-one Greek city-states that allied to fight the Persians
A coalition formed by Athens to keep Sparta in check
The term used for the Greek city-states that allied themselves with the Persians
A loose network of the Ionian Greek city-states governed by Persia
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A Spartan king who allied with the Athenians
An Athenian diplomat to Persia
A Persian king and son of Darius I
An Athenian king and father of Darius I
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Painted facial features
Masks
Outstretched arms
More relaxed poses
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The Corinthian Empire
The Anatolian Empire
The Babylonian Empire
The Persian Empire
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Greek warships were more effective in close combat
Enough Greeks formed a unified coalition to confront the Persian threat
Greek soldiers had better body armor
Greek armies outnumbered the Persian army
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Education for children of citizens
Production of tragedies and comedies
Religious ceremonies and rituals
Secular and religious architecture
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Pericles
Aspasia of Miletus
Hippocrates
Protagoras
Aristophanes
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Pericles
Socrates
Hippocrates
Aristophanes
Protagoras
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There was public-supported education for any son of Athenian parents
Physical fitness and athletics were an important part of the curriculum for boys
The daughters of wealthy families learned to read, write, and do simple arithmetic at home
Poorer children learned a trade and perhaps some rudimentary literacy by assisting their parents
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It lasted a generation
It began over relations with lesser city-states
It began in part because of Pericles' policies
The Athenians eventually prevailed by building up their navy
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Transforming medical treatment by emphasizing clinical experience over religious belief
Emphasizing human interaction as a greater driving force in history than the gods
Instituting radical political reforms in Athenian democracy
Writing controversial plays that questioned traditional Greek values
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An earthquake
An epidemic
A flood
A drought
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The Spartan fear that Athens would dominate the Peloponnesian Peninsula
The Athenian mistreatment of Spartan allies
Pericles' hard-line stance towards Sparta
The refusal of the Spartans to honor Athens's patron deities
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Corinth
Egypt
Sicily
Persia
Macedonia
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499-479 B.C.E.
507-479 B.C.E.
500-323 B.C.E.
507-323 B.C.E.
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It began as a democratic union led by Athens, but soon resembled an Athenian empire
It began as a democratic union led by Sparta, but soon resembled an Athenian empire
It began as a military union led by Pericles of Athens, but gradually became democratic
It began as a military union led by Athens, but Sparta son controlled all the members
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Reputation for military valor
Superior weaponry and navy
Economic resources
Strategic location
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Fear of a Persian attack prompted the other League members to obey Athens for protection
Athens installed its own citizens in the governing bodies of other League members
Athens had the most charismatic and able leaders of all the League members
Because they found it too demanding to provide ships and crews, members began sending cash as dues instead of warships leaving Athens with a monopoly on the construction and control over the navy
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They were performed at religious festivals
Successful plays could make actors and playwrights wealthy
They often commented on controversial social issues
Their playwrights were citizens and honored public figures
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Xerxes I
Cyrus the Great
Darius I
Pericles
Thucydides
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Marathon
Salamis
Thermopylae
Plataea
Sardis
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Xerxes I
Cyrus the Great
Darius I
Pericles
Thucydides
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Zeus
Bacchus
Demeter
Hercules
Athena
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The Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Ionia
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It was headquartered in the village of Eleusis
Men and women were allowed to participate
It was restricted to Athenians
It promised initiates a better life on earth and a better fate after death
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Providing pay for many public offices so that poor men could serve in them
Conferring citizenship only on a child whose mother and father were both Athenian by birth
Making a treaty with Sparta designed to freeze the balance of power in Greece for thirty years
A cautious foreign policy that emphasized compromise over conflict
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Athens
Corinth
Syracuse
Sparta
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Marathon
Salamis
Thermopylae
Plataea
Sardis
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Herodotus
Socrates
Hippocrates
Aristophanes
Protagoras
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Both Persia and Athens understood that Athens was subject to Persian dominance
Persia thought Athens was its subject, but still refused to protect them against Sparta
Both Persia and Athens understood that they were equal partners in a defensive alliance
Persia believed that Athens submitted to Persian supremacy, but Athens rejected submission to Persia without informing the Persians
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Running the household
Participating in mystery cults
Meeting female friends at their homes
Becoming a companion
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The antidemocratic Athenians installed by the Spartans to rule Athens
The war council of the Hellenic League during the Peloponnesian War
The group of Spartans who ruled Athens after the Peloponnesian War
The Athenians who drove the Spartans out of Athens
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The first Olympics inaugurated Athens's prosperity; the Peloponnesian War brought about its decline
Victory in the Peloponnesian War began the Golden Age; defeat in the Persian Wars began its decline
The forming of the Delian League marked its rise; the fall of the Peloponnesian League marked its end
Victory in the Persian Wars began the Golden Age; defeat in the Peloponnesian War ended it
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A military tactic , in which the enemy was drawn into a narrow pass so that they would lose their numerical advantage through lack of maneuverability
The educational system in many Greek city-states by which a young man was taken as the protege of an older man who taught him important social skills
The Athenian practice of temporarily banishing one of its citizens, usually out of fear that they had become too popular and might establish a tyranny
The practice of capturing the citizens of nearby communities to serve as agricultural slaves
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Delian
Greek
Peloponnesian
Athenian
Hellenic
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Pericles
Elpineke
Cimon
Heracles
Sophocles
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Medea by Euripides
Oresteia by Aeschylus
Antigone by Sophocles
Clouds by Aristophanes
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443-428 B.C.E.
431-404 B.C.E.
499-479 B.C.E.
446-416 B.C.E.
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The first known imposition of martial law in Western history was proclaimed
The Thirty Tyrants forwarded policies that supported veterans and their families
The radical democratic faction of the assembly annihilated all opposition
The first known amnesty in Western history was proclaimed
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Pericles
Thucydides
Alcibiades
Lysias
Socrates
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A companion who became Pericles' lover
A sophist who was a companion of Socrates
A playwright who ridiculed Athenian politics
One of the Thirty Tyrants
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Delian
Greek
Peloponnesian
Athenian
Hellenic
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Pericles
Aristides
Themistocles
Solon
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Invading Sicily
Assassinating the Spartan King
Confronting the Spartan infantry on its own terms
A sudden surprise attack
Using Athenian naval power and wealth to win a war of attrition
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