Question 1

True or false: The Greek War of Independence was fought against the Byzantine Empire.

Accepted Answer

False. The Greek War of Independence was fought against the Ottoman Empire, which had ruled Greece since the 15th century. The Byzantine Empire had fallen in 1453.

Question 2

True or false: The Greek War of Independence began with a revolt in the Peloponnese in March 1821.

Accepted Answer

True. The uprising started on March 25, 1821, in the Peloponnese region, marking the beginning of the Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule.

Question 3

True or false: The Greek War of Independence lasted exactly ten years from 1821 to 1831.

Accepted Answer

False. The Greek War of Independence lasted from 1821 until 1832, when the Treaty of Constantinople recognized Greek independence. That is 11 years, not exactly ten.

Question 4

True or false: The Greek War of Independence was supported by the poet Lord Byron, who died in Missolonghi.

Accepted Answer

True. Lord Byron, the famous English Romantic poet, traveled to Greece in 1823 to support the revolution and died of fever in Missolonghi in 1824.

Question 5

True or false: The Greek War of Independence resulted in Greece becoming a democratic republic.

Accepted Answer

False. After the war, Greece became a monarchy. The London Conference of 1832 established the Kingdom of Greece under King Otto of Bavaria.

Question 6

True or false: The Greek War of Independence was initially declared in the city of Athens.

Accepted Answer

False. The declaration of independence occurred at the First National Assembly in Epidaurus in January 1822, not in Athens, which was under Ottoman control.

Question 7

True or false: The Greek War of Independence included the use of fire ships by Greek naval forces.

Accepted Answer

True. Greek revolutionaries used fire ships—vessels set ablaze and steered into enemy ships—to great effect against the larger Ottoman navy, notably at Chios.

Question 8

True or false: The Greek War of Independence saw the destruction of the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino.

Accepted Answer

True. In 1827, a combined British, French, and Russian fleet annihilated the Ottoman-Egyptian navy at Navarino, a decisive event in the war.

The Greek War of Independence Trivia Questions