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Ancient Greece
The birthplace of democracy
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1.
In Greek architecture there were three main types of columns that were used for the past 2500 years. Which one is not one of them?
Corinthian
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Aegean
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Ionic
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Doric
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2.
Which Greek historian chronicled the Persian Wars and is often called the Father of History?
Herodotus
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Aristophanes
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Thucydides
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Sophocles
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3.
What was the name of Odysseus' wife whom he married at the end of the Homer's Odyssey?
Argos
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Calypso
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Scylla
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Penelope
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4.
Who did Paris pick as the most beautiful goddess and as a reward she cast a spell on Helen to make her fall in love with Paris?
Demeter
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Artemis
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Aphrodite
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Athena
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5.
Who came up with the idea for the Trojan horse that helped the Greeks defeat the Trojans in the Trojan War?
Hercules
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Menelaus
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Achilles
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Odysseus
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6.
Who is the greatest of all the Trojan warriors and King Priam's son?
Achilles
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Aeneas
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Hector
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Paris
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7.
Who took Helen from King Menelaus?
Odysseus
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Hector
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Paris
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Agamemnon
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8.
Who did Spartans fight in the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC?
Egyptians
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Phoenicians
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Romans
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Persians
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9.
Who did the people of Troy fight in the Trojan War?
Spartans
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Egyptians
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Greeks
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Romans
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10.
How many Spartans fought in the Battle of Thermopylae?
500
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1000
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700
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300
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11.
Which king led a small army of Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Cleomenes
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Leonidas
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Ephialtes
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Xerxes
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12.
Peloponnesian War was fought between which two leading city-states in Ancient Greece?
Sparta and Troy
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Troy and Persia
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Persia and Athens
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Athens and Sparta
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13.
Which Greek military victory was reported to the Athenians by a messenger who ran about 42 km and then died from exhaustion?
Battle of Salamis
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Battle of Thermopylae
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Battle of Marathon
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Battle of Plataea
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14.
Which Greek philosopher was the teacher of Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
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Euclid
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Plato
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Socrates
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15.
Which Greek philosopher founded the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the western world?
Aristotle
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Plato
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Socrates
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Pythagoras
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16.
Who won the Peloponnesian wars?
Persia
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Rome
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Athens
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Sparta
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17.
What famous philosopher was put to death by the Greeks for corrupting the youth of Athens with his teachings?
Aristotle
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Euclid
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Socrates
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Plato
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18.
What do we call the last period of Ancient Greece, before they were conquered by the Romans?
Golden Period
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Hellenistic Period
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Classical Period
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Archaic Period
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19.
Which famous historian cataloged the events in Peloponnesian War?
Plato
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Nero
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Socrates
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Thucydides
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20.
Who wrote an oath to uphold ethical medical standards, and a version of it still observed by medical professionals today?
Socrates
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Pericle
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Sophocles
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Hippocrates
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21.
Which famous ancient Greek mathematician developed the theorem that a2 + b2 = c2?
Archimedes
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Hipparchus
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Aristotle
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Pythagoras
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22.
Which two city-states were the principal enemies in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta
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Thebes and Athens
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Sparta and Corinth
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Corinth and Thebes
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23.
Which poet is considered one of Greek poetry's fathers, and is famous for writing the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Sappho
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Pericles
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Socrates
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Homer
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24.
What Greek city-state was named for the goddess of wisdom, defense and war?
Sparta
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Athens
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Delphi
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Corinth
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25.
On what island did ancient Greek civilization originate?
Mykonos
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Thassos
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Rhodes
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Crete
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26.
Which city Greeks used the Trojan horse to enter?
Mycenae
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Troy
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Sparta
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Delphi
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27.
Who killed the Trojan Prince Hector?
Odysseus
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Paris
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Achilles
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Agamemnon
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28.
Who was husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon?
Menelaus
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Paris
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Odysseus
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Hercules
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29.
Who was Paris' father?
Menelaus
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Agamemnon
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Zeus
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Priam
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30.
How long lasted the war between the Greeks and the Trojans?
10 years
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40 days
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3 months
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4 years
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31.
When were the first Ancient Olympic games held?
1892
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521 BC
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776 BC
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476 BC
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32.
When did the city of Troy fell to invading Greek armies?
120 AD
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1618 BC
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1184 BC
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300 BC
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33.
How did Alexander the Great die?
committed suicide
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poisoned
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illness
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killed in the battle
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34.
On what island the Minoan civilization existed during 3000-1450 BC?
Sicily
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Crete
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Corsica
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Rhodes
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35.
Who is credited with making the first map of the known world?
Anaximander
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Euclid
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Pythagoras
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Archimedes
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