Athens, Sparta, and the Peloponnesian War

Who were the participants in the Peloponnesian War?

• Corinth vs. Athens

• Persia vs. Greece

• Athens vs. Sparta

• Sparta vs. Thebes

After the Persian Wars, Athens convinced its allies to join an alliance called ______________________.

• the Delian League

• the Macedonian League

• the Peloponnesian League

• the Major League

What was the name of the anti-Athens alliance led by Sparta called that included Thebes, Megara, and Corinth?

• Delian League

• Justice League

• Peloponnesian League

• Olympian League

The war finally ended in 404 B.C., when...

• Athens surrendered after its naval fleet was destroyed

• Sparta surrendered after its army was destroyed.

• The Persians turned on the Spartans.

• A truce was made between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League.

In 350 B.C. , the Greek city-states were conquered by the ______________.

• Persians

• Romans

• Macedonians

• Sicilians

___?___

stipends for Assembly and Council members male citizens' suffrage (right to vote) citizens took active role in administering justice: served on juries, and could vote to ostracize officials who were corrupt or ineffective class lines started to blend

What is the best title for the list above?

• Athenian Democracy under Pericles

• Spartan Military Prowess

• Mythology in Ancient Thebes

• Corinthian Art and Culture

What was the long-term result of the defeat of Darius by the Greeks?

• Darius's son, King Xerxes, vowed to continue the war against the Greeks

• Persia never recovered militarily

• The city-states of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes surrendered to the Persians

• Most of Greece remained under Persian control

What was the long-term result of the Peloponnesian War?

• Sparta replaced Athens as the dominant Greek city-state in politics

• Democracy declined as the main government type among Greek city-states

• Persia regularly interfered with the political and economic affairs of Greek city-states

• all of these are correct

The main cause of the Peloponnesian War was Sparta's irritation at Athenian domination of the Delian League.

• true

• false

Which Greek city-state became the most powerful as an immediate result of the defeat of Xerxes's Persian forces in 480 BCE?

• Sparta

• Athens

• Thebes

• Corinth