Greece in the Ancient World

What different plans did Athens and Sparta develop to win the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens used more warriors; Sparta used better technology.

• Athens had more food; Sparta had more weapons.

• Athens relied on siege tactics; Sparta relied on alliances.

• Athens used sea power; Sparta used land power.

What advantage did Sparta have in the Peloponnesian War?

• better ships

• fewer people to feed

• greater land power

• more money

What circumstance led to the Peloponnesian War?

• conflict between Athens and Sparta

• expansion across the Mediterranean

• invasion by the Macedonians

• revolt within the Peloponnesian League

How did the Peloponnesian War end?

• Athens and Sparta agreed to a truce.

• Athens and Sparta allied to colonize Sicily.

• Macedonia conquered both Athens and Sparta.

• Sparta took control of Athens.

What was an unexpected outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

• encouraged Greece to expand trade

• increased Greek colonial interests

• made Greece vulnerable to conquest

• strengthened Greek military alliances

What city-state started the Peloponnesian League?

• Athens

• Delos

• Corinth

• Sparta

The Peloponnesian War broke out between which powers?

• Athens and Sparta

• Athens and the Delian League

• Greece and Persia

• Greece and Troy

During the Peloponnesian War, what other disaster did Athens face, besides attacks from Sparta?

• drought

• famine

• internal revolt

• plague

What event ended the truce between Athens and Sparta?

• Athens’ disbanding of the Delian League

• Athens’ siege of Syracuse

• Sparta’s alliance with Persia

• Sparta’s attack on Sicily

What action did Sparta take against a defeated Athens?

• burned all of the city’s ships and temples

• burned all of the city’s ships and temples

• enslaved most of the city’s citizens

• replaced the city’s democracy with an oligarchy