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Greek History from Antiquity to the Modern State

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  1. In which year did the Athenians and their allies defeat a Persian force at the battle of Marathon?
  2. Which battle of 480 BC saw the Greek fleet defeat the Persian navy in the straits near Athens?
  3. Which war between Athens and Sparta and their allies lasted from 431 to 404 BC?
  4. Which Macedonian king conquered the Persian Empire between 334 and 323 BC?
  5. In which year did Constantinople fall to the Ottomans under Mehmed II?
  6. On which date is the beginning of the Greek War of Independence in 1821 traditionally celebrated?
  7. What was the Filiki Eteria, founded in Odessa in 1814?
  8. What did the allied fleets of Britain, France and Russia achieve at Navarino in 1827?
  9. Who was the first head of state (governor) of independent Greece, appointed in 1828?
  10. What was the result of the revolution of 3 September 1843 in Athens?
  11. Which territory was united with Greece in 1864 after the arrival of King George I?
  12. What was the 'Megali Idea' (Great Idea) in Greek politics?
  13. Who led the Greek government during much of the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913?
  14. Which city did the Greek army enter in October 1912, in the First Balkan War?
  15. What was the 'National Schism' in Greek politics during the First World War?
  16. What did the Treaty of Lausanne (1923) provide about Greeks and Turks?
  17. In which year was the Second Hellenic Republic proclaimed, ending the monarchy for the first time?
  18. What happened on 28 October 1940?
  19. Which ruler headed the dictatorship in Greece from 1936 to 1941, the so-called 4th of August regime?
  20. What marked the winter of 1941-1942 in occupied Greece?
  21. Which parties fought in the Greek Civil War of 1946-1949?
  22. In which year did Greece join NATO, together with Turkey?
  23. What did the military junta that took power on 21 April 1967 do?
  24. What happened in Greece in July 1974, called the Metapolitefsi?
  25. What did the Greek referendum of December 1974 decide?
  26. In which year did Greece join the European Economic Community?
  27. In which year did Greece adopt the euro?
  28. In which city were the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896?
  29. Which Athenian reformer introduced democratic reforms in 508-507 BC?
  30. Which battle of 338 BC established the Macedonian control of Greece?
  31. Which order shows the growth of the Greek state in the right chronological order?
  32. Why did the Greek defeat in Asia Minor in 1922 end the Megali Idea?
  33. How did the Treaty of Sèvres (1920) differ from the Treaty of Lausanne (1923) for Greece?
  34. Why did Greece need a new constitution after the fall of the junta in 1974?
  35. What link existed between the events of July 1974 in Cyprus and the fall of the Greek junta?
  36. Which of these statements about women's voting rights in Greece is correct?
  37. Which major event of 2004 was held in Athens?
  38. Which groups were left out of the compulsory population exchange agreed at Lausanne in 1923?
  39. Which list puts the events of the Second World War in Greece in the right order?

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