Ancient Greece Quiz Review

Which of the Pan-Hellenic games were held in the city of Olympia, starting in 776 BCE...

Why were the Persian Wars important for Ancient Greece?

This Greek military formation of heavily armoured Greek soldiers was highly effective in frontal battles

The Greek concept of Arete can best be described as...

The ruler of the underworld in Greek mythology was...

The event that starts the Trojan war, according to Homer, is...

The Mycenaeans Greeks were a very _________ people

This God was the king of the Greek Gods and ruler of the Olympian Council...

According to the Odyssey and the Aeneid, how do the Mycenaean Greeks win the Trojan War?

These types of ships were used across the Greek world, and were involved in every Athenian naval battle we have covered

Oracles were people in Greek society whose purpose was...

The earliest known civilization in the Greek world was the...

In the Greek world, the main unit of national power was the...

At the Battle of Thermopylae, 300 Spartans stood alone against the massive Persian army

The Ionian Revolt was the first major event that began...

Alexander the Great died at the young age of 32. When he died...

Which of the following cities were all Greek Colonies...

After the Persian Wars, the Athenians formed the _________ to counter possible Persian invasions

Socrates claimed that he knew...

The Sicilian Expedition was a risky attempt to gain control in the Peloponnesian War launched by...

Greek heavy infantrymen were generally referred to as...

The Ancient Greeks believed in many gods

In the Greek Pantheon, many gods were respected and worshipped in...

The Peloponnesian War was fought between...

The battle of Marathon was a major Athenian/Greek victory in the First Persian War. After the battle...

The Iliad and Odyssey were written by the Ancient Greek poet...

Alexander the Great's empire...

The polis of Athens was the first Greek city state to experiment with the following style of governance...

The Spartans were famous for their powerful...

The layer of ruins at Hisarlik found by archaeologists that is likely connected to the city of Troy in the Iliad is...