Ancient Greece

Question 1

What was the market place called in each city?

Accepted Answer

Agora

Question 2

What was the name of the battle where 300 Spartans held the Persians back for 3 days?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Thermopylae

Question 3

Who were the first Greeks?

Accepted Answer

Mycenaeans

Question 4

Which of these was NOT a famous Greek poet?

Accepted Answer

Achilles

Question 5

Who was a famous war hero in the Trojan War?

Accepted Answer

Achilles

Question 6

What games did the Greeks compete in the honor the gods?

Accepted Answer

Olympics

Question 7

Which sea is NOT bordering Greece?

Accepted Answer

Persian

Question 8

What kind of characters did Aesops always have in his fables?

Accepted Answer

Animals

Question 9

Which of these is NOT one of the 4 things a Greek hero would do?

Accepted Answer

compete in the olympics

Question 10

What is the name of poetry that told stories of war and heroes?

Accepted Answer

Epic

Question 11

What was the name of the location where oracles received visions of the future?

Accepted Answer

Delphi

Question 12

Why was the Battle of Salamis a turning point in the Persian War?

Accepted Answer

Left Persians in Greece with no supplies

Question 13

What group of people ruled the underworld and constantly battled the gods?

Accepted Answer

Titans

Question 14

What land form is Greece?

Accepted Answer

Peninsula

Question 15

What did the Greeks call "too much pride"? (Normally the downfall to any hero)

Accepted Answer

Hubris

Question 16

Which poet wrote descriptive poetry?

Accepted Answer

Hesiod

Question 17

Which hero killed the Minotaur of Crete?

Accepted Answer

Theseus

Question 18

What was the final battle of the Persian War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Platea

Question 19

What organization offered protection on the sea and controlled by Athens?

Accepted Answer

Delian League

Question 20

Which Greek hero had god-like strength?

Accepted Answer

Hercules

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