Ancient Greece: Persian Wars

The Persians were angry with the Greeks because ________.

• the Persians had to surrender to the Athenians.

• the Greeks helped support the Ionian revolt.

• King Darius I was killed in battle.

• the Greeks won the battle of Thermopylae.

Athens and Sparta were allies in the...

• Peloponnesian War

• Second Punic War

• Persian War

• First Punic War

The Persian Wars resulted in the Greek control of the...

• Black Sea

• Aegean Sea

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

The Golden Age of Athens occurred under the leadership of...

• Pericles

• Alexander the Great

• Darius

• Zeus

The geography of Greece is very____.

• flat

• dry, desert

• mountainous

• unpopulated

In Sparta, a(n) _____ ruled.

• aristocracy

• priest

• enlightened ruler

• oligarchy

What were the stages of Athenian government?

• oligarchy, hierarchy, tyranny, monarchy

• monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, democracy

• communism, monarchy, tyranny, democracy

• oligarchy, hierarchy, monarchy, democracy

What government is ruled by a small group of nobles?

• Aristocracy
• Tyranny
• Monarchy
• Democracy

Who created written laws with severe punishments?

• Socrates
• Plato
• Draco
• Solon

Who was the Athenian leader during the Golden Age who extended democracy and rebuilt the city after the Persian Wars?

• Alexander the Great
• Zues
• Xerxes 
• Pericles