Deck 7

Question 1

What Greek write wrote a history of the Peloponnesian war?

Answer 1

Thucydides

Question 2

In Greek myth who designed the labyrinth?

Answer 2

Daedalus

Question 3

What was found in circle sites just inside the gates of Mycenae?

Answer 3

Grave Circles (burial sites)

Question 4

What mythological king was cursed by having everything he touched turn to gold.

Answer 4

Midas

Question 5

What is a hoplite?

Answer 5

A Greek citizen-soldier armed with a spear, and equipped with a large shield and armour

Question 6

What was the name of the legendary lawgiver in Sparta, who gave Sparta its own government?

Answer 6

Lycurgus

Question 7

What road did the Persians build across their empire?

Answer 7

The Royal Road

Question 8

At which naval battle did the Greeks, led by the Athenians, defeat the Persian navy?

Answer 8

The Battle of Salamis

Question 9

What were the main sources of Athens wealth?

Answer 9

Trade and silver mines

Question 10

What caused the most Athenian deaths in the first years of the Peloponnesian war?

Answer 10

A plague broke out in Athens (made worse by the crowded living conditions behind Athens’ walls)

Question 11

What Macedonian king conquered Greece?

Answer 11

Philip the great of Macedonia