Greek War of Independence - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

The Filiki Eteria, or Society of Friends, was founded in 1814 to instigate the goal of this conflict. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this conflict in which a number of bandits known as klephts fought during the 1820s. Lord Byron fought in this conflict, which saw many deaths after the devastating siege of Missolonghi.

ANSWER: Greek War of Independence [or Greek Revolution; accept any answer indicating fighting for independence for Greece]

[10e] The Greeks fought for independence from this empire, which was then ruled by Sultan Mahmud II. This empire was centered in modern-day Türkiye.

ANSWER: Ottoman Empire [or Sublime Ottoman State; or Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOs̱mānīye]

[10h] Along with Britain and France, the Russian Empire comfortably defeated the Ottomans in this 1827 battle of the Greek War of Independence. This pivotal battle was the last naval battle to be fought entirely with sailing ships.

ANSWER: Battle of Navarino

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Southern California	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	86%	14%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	15.83	92%	50%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	50%	8%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	78%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	83%	8%
Pacific	Main	Y	9	13.33	89%	33%	11%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	50%	8%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

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Claremont A	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	0	20
UCSD A	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
UCLA E	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCSD B	10	10	10	30
UC Irvine	USC A	0	10	0	10
Guelph A	Waterloo B	0	10	0	10
McMaster A	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
Toronto A	Toronto D	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Waterloo A	10	10	0	20
Toronto E	Waterloo C	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Brock A	0	10	0	10
McMaster B	Toronto G	10	10	0	20
McMaster C	Toronto H	0	10	0	10
Queen's A	Toronto I	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCLA F	10	10	0	20
CWRU A	Michigan B	0	10	10	20
Michigan State A	CWRU B	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Michigan A	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10
CWRU C	Louisville D	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Ohio State A	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Kentucky	10	10	0	20
Michigan State B	CWRU D	0	10	0	10
Ohio State D	Michigan State D	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	Ohio State C	10	10	0	20
WVU A	Louisville C	0	10	0	10
WVU B	Michigan State C	10	10	0	20
JMU A	Duke A	10	10	0	20
JMU B	Tusculum A	10	10	0	20
UNC D	VCU A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech C	UNC B	10	10	0	20
William & Mary B	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
Liberty B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
George Mason A	Maryland A	10	10	10	30
Vassar A	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
George Mason C	NYU C	0	10	0	10
Penn	Johns Hopkins	0	10	0	10
Princeton	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Maryland B	10	10	0	20
NYU B	Lehigh A	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Rutgers A	10	10	0	20
Rowan	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
Stony Brook	Rutgers D	10	10	0	20
Vassar B	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	William Woods University A	0	10	0	10
WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Blue	10	10	0	20
Illinois Urbana	Illinois Canada	10	10	0	20
Illinois Champaign	Iowa A	0	10	0	10
Illinois Orange	Rose-Hulman A	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Indiana B	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Purdue B	10	10	0	20
WashU Grolars	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Williams A	Amherst A	10	10	0	20
Boston University A	Tufts B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Dartmouth B	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth C	MIT B	0	10	0	10
Amherst B	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	10	0	20
Boston College B	Tufts C	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Bach	Vermont A	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Vermont B	10	10	0	20
Williams C	Brandeis Beethoven	10	10	0	20
Washington Pink	Alberta A	10	10	0	20
British Columbia C	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
British Columbia A	Washington Sockeye	0	10	0	10
British Columbia B	Washington State	0	0	0	0
Arizona State A	Texas	10	10	10	30
Washington Atlantic	Washington Masu	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	Washington Chinook	0	10	0	10
Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	0	10	0	10
Washington Coho	Boise State	0	10	0	10
Williams B	Boston College A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech F	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Alabama A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Tennessee Tech	0	10	0	10
Auburn C	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Clemson B	Sewanne	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Chipola College	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Tennessee A	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Durham C	Durham A	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh B	Edinburgh C	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh D	Edinburgh A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield A	Sheffield B	0	10	0	10
Durham B	York	0	10	0	10
Imperial D	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Cambridge E	LSE	10	10	0	20
Cardiff	Southampton	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	Warwick	10	10	0	20
Oxford	Bristol	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
Birmingham	Cambridge D	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Imperial B	10	10	0	20
ESF	Binghamton C	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	RIT A	10	10	0	20
Cornell D	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	RIT B	10	10	0	20
Cornell C	Cornell B	0	10	0	10