Section 3 - Classical Greece

Darius was the Persian ruler, who became the new Persian monarch following his death?

• Pericles

• Xerxes

• Solon

• Aristotle

The Athenian runner Pheidippides ran from (a)   to Athens to share the news of Persia's defeat.

During the Persian war, despite being outnumbered the Greek troops were able to hold off the Persian army for two days.

What then caused the Greek force to abandon their city?

• Disputes between the Greek city states

• Outnumbered by the Persians

• A traitor who told the Persians about a mountain path

• Death of their Greek leader

The Athenians formed a defensive alliance against the Persians known as

• An Oligarchy

• An ephor

• The Delian League

• The acropolis

The period following the Persian war when Athens expanded its empire abroad and democracy flourished.

• The Bronze Age

• The agora

• Direct Democracy

• Age of Pericles

Who was involved in the Peloponnesian war?

• Thebes and Macedonia

• Sparta and Athens

• Asia and Ionia

• Athens and Macedonia

What two things did each Greek city-state have in common?

• currency and government

• social structure and topography

• economic base and attitude toward slaves

• religion and language

In what war did some Greek-City States unite to fight against invaders from Asia Minor?

• Persian War

• Peloponnesian War

What group eventually conquered the Greek city-states?

• Egypt

• Macedonia

• Mesopotamia

• Gaul

In this Greek city-state, emphasis was placed on receiving an education, the arts, poetry, music

• Athens

• Sparta