Ancient Greece #2

This city-state had a large population of slaves that were called "helots"

• Thebes

• Corinth

• Athens

• Sparta

In Sparta, this was the name of the military training program that all boys had to go through

• Agora

• Agoge

• Arete

• Alexandropolous

Boys in Sparta started their military training in the agoge at this age

• 10

• 13

• 7

• 18

Boys in Sparta did not finish their military training until this age

• 25

• 18

• 20

• 30

At the Battle of Marathon, Greek soldiers from Athens defeated this rival empire which was trying to invade Greece

• Babylonian Empire

• Gupta Empire

• Persian Empire

• Roman Empire

Pheidippides was a Greek soldier who became famous at the Battle of Marathon. What did he do?

• Killed the leading Persian general

• Organized the entire battle strategy for the Greeks

• Led a fleet of battleships to stop the Persian invasion

• Ran about 25 miles to the city-state of Athens to warn that the Persians were invading

10 years after the Battle of Marathon, another Persian leader launched an invasion of Greece. Who was this leader?

• Mr. Lobby the First

• Darius the First

• Xerxes

• Hammurabi Themistocles Aristotle the Second

300 Spartan soldiers became famous for defending a place called Thermopylae during the second Persian invasion. Who was their leader?

• King Leonidas

• King Midas

• King Dionysus

• King Pericles

Which 2 Greek city-states fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens and Thebes

• Sparta and Thebes

• Sparta and Corinth

• Sparta and Athens

Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War. Select the 2 main reasons why they were able to win

• The people of Athens were hiding, however many died when a plague broke out

• They were able to complete a massive land invasion of Athens

• They were able to set up a blockade with their navy around the coast of Athens

• They received support from the Roman army and navy