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Greek History

TSJCL Area F Comptetition

Pflugerville High School

February 26, 2011



  1. The council of citizens in Athens in charge of running daily affairs was the _______.

a. Boule b. Agora c. Acroterion d. Megaron


  1. According to legend, two gods vied to be the patron god of Athens. These gods were Athena and:

a. Zeus b. Hera c. Poseidon d. Hades


  1. The war between Sparta and the Delian League was known as the _____ War.

a. Punic b. Peloponnesian c. Peninsular d. Persian


  1. In 405, ____ became the tyrant of Syracuse.

a. Dionysus I b. Mitiades c. Antiochus III d. Nicias


  1. After the death of Cyrus, who led The Ten Thousand, a band of Greek mercenaries, out of Persia?

a. Alcibiades b. Iphicrates c. Philomelus d. Xenophon


  1. Who was known as "The Father of History" because he was the first to organize his materials in a systematic way and to test their veracity?

a. Leonidas b. Epimander c. Herodotus d. Euripides


  1. What drunken, one-eyed king of Macedon was Alexander the Great's father?

a. Cleitus b. Hegesias c. Philip II d. Neoptolemus


  1. Knossos was the center of _____ culture.

a. Mycenean b. Minoan c. Theban d. Doric


  1. _________ was the name of Sparta's law-giver.

a. Leonidas b. Socrates c. Solon d. Lycurgus


  1. The Olympic games were first held in _____ B.C.

a. 776 b. 657 c. 591 d. 314


  1. The last major battle of the Peloponnesian War was

a. Amphilochia b. Aegospotomi c. Mantinea d. Thermopylae


  1. Athens' famous "wooden walls" were not walls at all but _____.

a. barricades b. forests c. ships d. markets


  1. Phormio led the Athenian fleet to victory over superior forces in 429 off the coast of

a. Naupactus b. Megara c. Plataea d. Miletus


  1. The Dark Age of Greece was brought about by the invasion of the ____.

a. Macedonians b. Persians c. Pelasgians d. Dorians



  1. The script of the early Myceneans is now referred to as _______.

a. Linear A b. Linear B c.Archaic d. Pre-Classical


  1. What city formed the "Sacred Band" composed of 150 pairs of comrade soldiers?

a. Corinth b. Sparta c. Thebes d. Halicarnasus


  1. In Sparta, the annually elected "overseers" were the ______.

a. ephors b. sybota c. poletae d. kardakes


  1. What Athenian orator vilified Philip and Alexander and tried to organize Greek opposition to them?

a. Cleon b. Demosthenes c. Peisistratus d. Cimon


  1. In 466, the Athenian admiral Cimon launched an offensive against Persia in Asia Minor and defeated the Persians in a double battle at the ______ River.

a. Xanthus b. Pactolus c. Alphaeus d. Eurymedon


  1. The "Peace of Callias" in 448 was between:

a. Athens & Persia b. Athens & Sparta c. Thebes & Sparta d. Alexander & Athens


    1. Alexander the Great loved his horse so much that he named several cities after it. In English, its name was "Ox-head." What was it in Greek?

a. Pyxides b. Bucephalus c. Cottabus d. Parados
22. What historian recorded the events of the Peloponnesian War?

a. Herodotus b. Xenophon c. Thucydides d. Plutarch


23. Who led the 300 Spartans at the battle of Thermopylae?

a. Pericles b. Xanthippus c. Leonidas d. Lycurgus


24. At what battle in 388 did Philip defeat the Athenian and Theban forces?

a. Mantinea b. Salamis c. Syracuse d. Chaeronea




  1. Which happened first?

a. Battle of Plataea b. Battle of Marathon c. execution of Socrates d. Peace of Nicias


  1. Which of the following ruled Athens first?

a. Cleisthenes b. Cimon c. Peisistratus d. Aristides


  1. Who was the Milesian woman famous for her involvement with Pericles?

a. Aspasia b. Sappho c. Hegesipyle d. Elpinice


  1. The Spartan princess and first woman to enter a chariot at the Olympic games was _____.

a. Tomyris b. Gorgo c. Cynisca d. Hypatia


  1. The two hereditary kings of Sparta came from two families descended from Herakles:

a. Atreid & Thyestid b.Agiad & Eurypontid c. Aeolid & Heraclid d. Perseid & Tisamenid


  1. Who was the mother of Alexander the Great?

a. Isodice b. Agariste c. Roxanne d. Olympias
31. In 427, what Athenian demagogue gained an evil reputation for pushing through a proposal to put to death the entire male population of Mytilene?

a. Creon b. Pericles c. Demosthenes d. Cleon


32. The primary purpose of the Second Athenian Alliance was to defend Athens against

a. Sparta b. Persia c. Thebes d. Rome


33. At what battle in 371 did Thebes defeat Sparta decisively?

a. Leuctra b. Potidaea c. Aegea d. Mantinea


34. The Lelantine War in Euboea between 710 and 650 BC was primarily fought by ____ & ____.

a. Larisa, Myceneae b. Corinth, Ephesus c. Chalcis, Eretria d. Miletus, Magnesia


35. The procedure during the Athenian democracy by which a citizen could be sent into exile for ten years was called______

a. pharmakos b. ostrakismos c. atimia d. koine


36. The pro-Spartan oligarchy imposed on Athens after her defeat in the Peloponnesian War was known as ___________.

a. the Three Hundred b. archons c. epheroi d. the Thirty Tyrants


37. Who was the author of the first Athenian law code?

a. Solon b. Peisistratus c. Draco d. Pericles


38. The ruler of Athens during the city's so-called Golden Age was_______.

a. Solon b. Peisistratus c. Draco d. Pericles


39. The Greek mathematician that wrote a book called The Elements, which summarized all the knowledge of geometry up to his time, was _________.

a. Euclid b. Eratosthenes c. Anaxagoras d. Aristotle


40. The chief city-state of the region called Attica was ___________.

a. Athens b. Sparta c. Thebes d. Myceneae


41. What military genius of the Peloponnesian War was saved by Socrates at the Battle of Potidaea in 432, was exiled from Athens, went on to help Sparta for a while, later defected to Persia, then allowed to return to Athens, and was finally sent into exile again?

a. Critias b. Xenophon c. Alcibiades d. Nicias


42. Who were the people enslaved by the Lacedaemonians?

a. hoplites b. helots c. hubris d. hegemon


43. The father of Xerxes was ____.

a. Cyrus b. Darius c. Artaxerxes d. Artobazan


44. Menelaus, son of Atreus, was the legendary king of ______.

a. Athens b. Corinth c. Sparta d. Thebes


45. At which of the following battles did Themistocles fight?

a. Aegospotomi b. Guagemela c. Amphilochia d. Salamis


46. Ionia was along the western coast of modern-day ___________.

a. Greece b. Turkey c. Crete d. Albania


47. Which of the following was NOT Athenian?

a. Lysander b. Aristides c. Cleisthenes d. Lysias


48. The mythical first king of Athens was_____.

a. Draco b. Pericles c. Theseus d. Erectheus


49. When a Persian king wanted a Greek city-state to submit to his rule, he would send heralds to it to demand_________ and _________.

a. earth, fire b. earth, water c. gold, silver d. gold, hostages


50. Which of the following is credited with reforming the Athenian constitution and setting it on democratic footing?

a. Cleisthenes b. Critias c. Lysander d. Pericles


Tie-Breakers—The following will be scored only in the event of a tie. Please mark the following answers using #96-100 on your Scantron.
96. The Mycenean Age belonged to what age of Greek history?

a. Stone b. Golden c. Bronze d. Iron


97. Themistocles thought that Athens would become more powerful by focusing her attention on her________.

a. army b. navy c. wealth d. alliances


98. Who commanded the Athenian forces at the Battle of Marathon?

a. Alcibiades b. Lamachus c. Nicias d. Miltiades


99. What two sons of Peisistratus ruled Athens after their father's death?

a. Ephialtes & Ictinus b. Hippias & Hipparchus c. Thepis & Phidias d. Cleon & Cimon


100. At the age of 32 or 33, Alexander the Great died in ________.

a. Babylon b. Sussa c. Pella d. Alexandria
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