Ch. 17 Quiz

How did the Persian Wars begin?

• After the Persians conquered a part of Asia Minor, they decided to conquer Sparta as well.

• After the Spartans conquered a part of Asia Minor, they decided to conquer Persia as well.

• After the Persians conquered a part of Asia Minor, colonies in the area rebelled with support from Athens.

• After the Athenians conquered a part of Asia Minor, colonies in the area rebelled with support from Persia.

What were the Persian Wars?

• Wars between Persia & Egypt

• Wars between Persia & Greece

• Wars within Persia

Name the 4 Persian Wars in order.

• Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Peloponnesia

• Macedon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea

• Marathon, Monopoly, Salamis, Peloponnesia

• Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea

How did the Persian Wars change the relationship between Athens and Sparta?

• They no longer wanted to depend on each other for help

• They started forming a common Greek identity and culture

• They joined together to form a single city-state

• They worked on opposite sides of the conflict and kept fighting each other

Conflict between Athens and Sparta resulted in the--

• Peloponnesian War
• Persian Wars
• Punic Wars
• Trojan war

The Delian League was an alliance created by Athens to ____________.

• go to war with Sparta

• protect its members from attack by the Persians

• to form a peace with Persia

• to form a peace with Sparta

_____________ controlled and dominated the Peloponnesian League

• Athens
• Sparta
• Ionia
• Troy

What was the ultimate cause of the Peloponnesian War?

• Power struggles between the city-states and Athens misusing money

• Disagreements about trade and Sparta misusing money

• The plague of Athens

• The helots revolted.

What was one consequence of the Peloponnesian Wars?

• Athens became dominant since it had the largest navy

• Greek city-states started forming a common Greek identity and culture

• Sparta became dominant since it was strengthened by the war

• The Greek city-states were vulnerable to conquest by the Macedonians

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in the diagram?

• Persia attacks the mainland of Greece for the Ionian Revolt

• Trojan War

• Pericles uses Delian League money to rebuild Athens.

• Xerxes uses money to build the Parthenon