JCL: GREEK HISTORY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Which philosopher's trial was held in 399 B.C.E? - ANSWER Socrates
Where did Alexander the Great die? - ANSWER Babylon
Who was Athens' greatest tyrant? - ANSWER Peisistratus
Who is known as the "father of Athenian democracy"? - ANSWER Cleisthenes
At what battle in 413 B.C.E were the Athenians defeated? - ANSWER Syracuse
Who recorded the campaign of the Greeks with Cyrus the Younger? - ANSWER Xenophon
When did the first ostracism take place? - ANSWER 487 B.C.E
Who was known as "the Just" and fixed the tribute of the Delian Confederacy? - ANSWER Aristeides
How did Pericles die? - ANSWER Plague
What were sophists basically? - ANSWER Teachers
Which Indian king did Alexander the Great fight? - ANSWER Porus
At what battle in 338 B.C.E were the Greeks defeated by Macedon? - ANSWER Chaeronea
When was the Peace of Nicias signed? - ANSWER 421 B.C.E
Who was the great Theban commander of the 4th century? - ANSWER Epaminondas
,At which river did Alexander's troops mutiny? - ANSWER Hyphasis
Who formed opposition against Pericles in the 440s? - ANSWER Thucydides, son of Milesias
Where did the final battle between Alexander and the Great King take place? - ANSWER Gaugamela
Who were the lowest class of citizens in early Athens? - ANSWER Thetes
Who was the last ostracism and in what year? - ANSWER Hyperbolus; 418/417 B.C.E
What was the name of the treaty between Athens and Macedon in 346 B.C.E? - ANSWER Peace of
Philocrates
Who was the leader of the oligarchic faction of Athens towards the end of the Peloponnesian war? -
ANSWER Theramenes
Whose funeral oration depicted the ideal Athens? - ANSWER Pericles
What was the government of Athens collectively known as post Peloponnesian war? - ANSWER The 30
Who is a major source of the Peloponnesian war? - ANSWER Thucydides
What was the decisive battle that ended the Peloponnesian war? - ANSWER Aegospotami
In what position was Pericles continuously elected? - ANSWER Strategos
Who had built a bridge across the Hellespont? - ANSWER Xerxes
Which battle in 406 B.C.E got Athens to try their generals? - ANSWER Arginusae
, What did Sparta use as its currency? - ANSWER Iron
Who had been known as the "Father of the Athenian Navy"? - ANSWER Themistocles
At what battle in 447 B.C.E did Athens lose Boetta? - ANSWER Coronea
When did Cleisthenes institute his reforms? - ANSWER 509 B.C.E
When did the battle of Salamis take place? - ANSWER 480 B.C.E
What was the mother-city of Syracuse? - ANSWER Corinth
Who was the Lydian king that subjugated the Asiatic Greeks? - ANSWER Croesus
Who was the Spartan general active in Thrace during the Peloponnesian war? - ANSWER Brasidas
Who was the most powerful of the 30? - ANSWER Critias
Who instituted the system of "demes, trittyes, and tribes"? - ANSWER Cleisthenes
Who was the general who avenged Aegospotami at Cnidus in 394 B.C.E? - ANSWER Conon
Who was the Athenian general who lost at Syracuse? - ANSWER Cleon
Which city did Alexander spend 6 months building a mole to capture? - ANSWER Tyre
Which two powers signed the Peace of Callias in 449 B.C.E? - ANSWER Athens (Of Delian League) and
Persia
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Which philosopher's trial was held in 399 B.C.E? - ANSWER Socrates
Where did Alexander the Great die? - ANSWER Babylon
Who was Athens' greatest tyrant? - ANSWER Peisistratus
Who is known as the "father of Athenian democracy"? - ANSWER Cleisthenes
At what battle in 413 B.C.E were the Athenians defeated? - ANSWER Syracuse
Who recorded the campaign of the Greeks with Cyrus the Younger? - ANSWER Xenophon
When did the first ostracism take place? - ANSWER 487 B.C.E
Who was known as "the Just" and fixed the tribute of the Delian Confederacy? - ANSWER Aristeides
How did Pericles die? - ANSWER Plague
What were sophists basically? - ANSWER Teachers
Which Indian king did Alexander the Great fight? - ANSWER Porus
At what battle in 338 B.C.E were the Greeks defeated by Macedon? - ANSWER Chaeronea
When was the Peace of Nicias signed? - ANSWER 421 B.C.E
Who was the great Theban commander of the 4th century? - ANSWER Epaminondas
,At which river did Alexander's troops mutiny? - ANSWER Hyphasis
Who formed opposition against Pericles in the 440s? - ANSWER Thucydides, son of Milesias
Where did the final battle between Alexander and the Great King take place? - ANSWER Gaugamela
Who were the lowest class of citizens in early Athens? - ANSWER Thetes
Who was the last ostracism and in what year? - ANSWER Hyperbolus; 418/417 B.C.E
What was the name of the treaty between Athens and Macedon in 346 B.C.E? - ANSWER Peace of
Philocrates
Who was the leader of the oligarchic faction of Athens towards the end of the Peloponnesian war? -
ANSWER Theramenes
Whose funeral oration depicted the ideal Athens? - ANSWER Pericles
What was the government of Athens collectively known as post Peloponnesian war? - ANSWER The 30
Who is a major source of the Peloponnesian war? - ANSWER Thucydides
What was the decisive battle that ended the Peloponnesian war? - ANSWER Aegospotami
In what position was Pericles continuously elected? - ANSWER Strategos
Who had built a bridge across the Hellespont? - ANSWER Xerxes
Which battle in 406 B.C.E got Athens to try their generals? - ANSWER Arginusae
, What did Sparta use as its currency? - ANSWER Iron
Who had been known as the "Father of the Athenian Navy"? - ANSWER Themistocles
At what battle in 447 B.C.E did Athens lose Boetta? - ANSWER Coronea
When did Cleisthenes institute his reforms? - ANSWER 509 B.C.E
When did the battle of Salamis take place? - ANSWER 480 B.C.E
What was the mother-city of Syracuse? - ANSWER Corinth
Who was the Lydian king that subjugated the Asiatic Greeks? - ANSWER Croesus
Who was the Spartan general active in Thrace during the Peloponnesian war? - ANSWER Brasidas
Who was the most powerful of the 30? - ANSWER Critias
Who instituted the system of "demes, trittyes, and tribes"? - ANSWER Cleisthenes
Who was the general who avenged Aegospotami at Cnidus in 394 B.C.E? - ANSWER Conon
Who was the Athenian general who lost at Syracuse? - ANSWER Cleon
Which city did Alexander spend 6 months building a mole to capture? - ANSWER Tyre
Which two powers signed the Peace of Callias in 449 B.C.E? - ANSWER Athens (Of Delian League) and
Persia
