The Persian Wars

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The Persian Empire began in present-day

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Asia.

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The vast Persian Empire extended from southwest Asia and northeastern Africa to the Indus River Valley.

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TRUE

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Which of the following best describes how the Persian Empire expanded its territory? by making friends with their rivals, by establishing colonies in parts of Greece, by paying others to join the empire, by conquering its neighbors

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by conquering its neighbors

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Why did King Darius of the Persian Empire swear revenge on the Greek city-states?

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He was enraged that Athens had helped the rebels in the Ionian Revolt.

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What was the name of the location, near Athens, where the Persian Wars began?

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the plains of Marathon

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What are the names of the (3) battles in Persia’s SECOND invasion of Greece?

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Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea

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After the Battle of Thermopylae, the Persians attacked and burned the city-state of Athens. How did the Athenians continue to fight?

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They used their navy.

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Identify the correct sequence of the (4) battles of the Persian Wars: A.  Plataea, Salamis, Thermopylae, Marathon, B.  Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea, C.  Marathon, Plataea, Thermopylae, Salamis, D.  Thermopylae, Salamis, Marathon, Plataea

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Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea

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What does this passage indicate? “I will stand shoulder to shoulder with the brave men of Greece – Spartans as well as my Athenians fighting to the death, if that is what it takes to stop the Persians.”

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Athenians and Spartans would join together to fight a common enemy.

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Why is the Battle of Thermopylae often the most studied and remembered battle of the Persian Wars?

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The Greeks chose to stay in the pass and fought to the death.