The Persian Wars

The Persian Empire began in present-day

• Africa.

• Asia.

• Europe.

• North America.

The vast Persian Empire extended from southwest Asia and northeastern Africa to the Indus River Valley.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following best describes how the Persian Empire expanded its territory?

• by making friends with their rivals

• by establishing colonies in parts of Greece

• by paying others to join the empire

• by conquering its neighbors

Why did King Darius of the Persian Empire swear revenge on the Greek city-states?

• The Greeks had killed his only son, Xerxes.

• The Greek colonies were taking money from his royal treasury.

• He was enraged that Athens had helped the rebels in the Ionian Revolt.

• He did not like Persians worshipping Greek gods.

What was the name of the location, near Athens, where the Persian Wars began?

• the plains of Marathon

• the Acropolis

• the Thermopylae Pass

• the Peloponnesus

Xerxes, King of Persia, address to Persian nobles:

"And truly I have pondered upon this, unitl at last I have found a way whereby we may at once win glory, and likewise gain possession of a land which is as large and rich as our own... while at the same time we obtain satisfaction and revenge... My intent is to... march an army though Europe against Greece, that thereby I may obtain vengeance from the Athenians for the wrongs committed by them against the Persians and against my father."

What are (2) reasons, besides revenge, Xerxes states for invading Greece?

• to win glory

• to exact revenge

• to expand empire

• to gain a rich land

What are the names of the (3) battles in Persia’s SECOND invasion of Greece?

• Ionia,

  Thermopylae,

  Sardis

• Marathon,

  Rhodes,

  Salamis

• Marathon,

  Plataea,

  Thermopylae

• Thermopylae,

  Salamis,

  Plataea

After the Battle of Thermopylae, the Persians attacked and burned the city-state of Athens. How did the Athenians continue to fight?

• They used their navy.

• The agreed to surrender.

• They attacked several islands.

• They hid out in the mountains.

Identify the correct sequence of the (4) battles of the Persian Wars. 

A.  Plataea, Salamis, Thermopylae, Marathon

B.  Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea

C.  Marathon, Plataea, Thermopylae, Salamis

D.  Thermopylae, Salamis, Marathon, Plataea

• Plataea,

  Salamis,

  Thermopylae,

  Marathon

• Marathon,

  Thermopylae,

  Salamis,

  Plataea

• Marathon,

  Plataea,

  Thermopylae,

  Salamis

• Thermopylae,

  Salamis,

  Marathon,

  Plataea

Suppose an Athenian soldier wrote the passage below in 480 B.C.

What does this passage indicate?

“I will stand shoulder to shoulder with the brave men of Greece –

Spartans as well as my Athenians fighting to the death,

if that is what it takes to stop the Persians.”

• Greece had never been invaded before.

• Greek men had never fought the Persians.

• Athens and Sparta were stonger than the Persian Empire.

• Athenians and Spartans would join together to fight a common enemy.