THE GREEK WORLD REVIEW

Who was the founder of the Persian Empire?

• Xerxes I

• Darius I

• Cyrus the Great

• Alexander the Great

Who fought in the Persian Wars?

• Persia and Greece

• Sparta and Athens

• Macedonia and Athens

Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?

• Sparta and Sicily

• Persia and Greece

• Peloponnesus and Delos

• Sparta, Athens, and their allies

What was the spark of the Peloponessian War?

• Athens feared Sparta was gaining too much power of Greece

• Sparta and other cities feared Athens was becoming too powerful

• The Peloponnesian League was forcing cities to join them

• Darius I built the Royal Road

What did the Athenian culture value most?

• philosophy and art

• military training

• women's rights

• freeing the slaves

A cavalry is a

• horses

• a rectangular military formation

• unit of soldiers on horses

• creation of Darius I

Why did Alexander the Great want to invade Egypt?

• He hated their ruler

• Egypt had wheat fields and he wanted to feed his soldiers

• He was hoping to become a pharaoh

• He admired their art

A hellenistic culture is

• a blend of Greek culture and another culture

• Greek-like

• the type of culture Alexander spread in his empire

• all of these

The Delian League

• was started as an alliance against Persia

• was controlled by Athens

• had its money on the island of Delos

• all of these

The Cyrus Cylinder taught us that

• Cyrus believed in human rights

• Cyrus was a sculptor