Persia and Greece

Why was the Persian defeat at the Battle of Salamis considered a turning point in the war?

• The battle broke Persian naval power.
• Xerxes I was killed in the battle.
• Some of the Persians changed sides and helped Greece.
• A Greek traitor caused Sparta to lose.

Who did Athens get help from during the Persian War?

• Ionia
• Egypt
• Sparta
• the Delian League

Greek colonists who lived on the western coast of Asia Minor, and rebelled against the Persians describes which group of people?

• Athenians
• Spartans
• Trojans
• Ionians

When was the battle of Marathon?

• 2017

• 490 BC

• 690 BC

• 490 AD

The major cause of the first war between the Persians and the Greeks was

• By funding the the movement by Ionians to overthrow the Persian Empire.

• Religious differences between Persia and Athens.

• Each wanted each other's land.

• The Persian Empire did not like the way and life of the Greek.

This began when King Darius attacked Athens to pay them back for interfering during a revolt.

• Battle of Thermopylae
• Peloponnesian Wars
• Persian Wars
• Punic Wars

The major sea battle of the Persian Wars was the Battle of __________________.

• Marathon
• Thermopylae
• Salamis
• Plataea

Professional runner, ________________ ran to tell the Athenians that they were safe after the Battle of _______________.

• Pericles; Marathon
• Pheidippides; Thermopylae
• Pheidippides; Marathon
• Pericles; Thermopylae

At the beginning of the Persian wars, the Persian king was....

• Leonidas
• Xerxes
• Miltiades
• Darius

Which is the only battle that the Persian Empire won, when they defeated the 300 Spartan soldiers?

• Salamis

• Marathon

• Thermopylae

• Platea