6th Ch. 7 pgs 184-187

Who rebelled against Persia and made Darius angry?

• Asia Minor

• the Greek city-states

• all of Asia

• all of Greece

Darius and his army sailed to _______ when he found out about the Greeks' rebellion.

*1 word

At the Battle of Marathon, the Athenian (Greek) army had about​ (a)   men, while the Persians had about ​ (b)   .

• 10,000
• 20,000

Who was the victor (winner) at the Battle of Marathon?

*2 answers

• Persia (the country)

• Darius (the leader)

• the Greeks (the people)

• Athens (city)

Why is a modern-day race known as a "marathon"?

• a Greek runner ran back to Athens (city) to announce the victory at the Battle of Marathon but died of exhaustion

• Darius, the Persian leader, declared that he would not lose again and it was a "marathon"

For the Persians, who replaced Darius after he died?

*1 word

What was the name of the waterway that Xerxes had the Persians build bridges across in order to get to Greece?

• the Hellespont

• Asia Minor

• Thermopylae

• Pheidippides

Page 185: The ​ (a)   were determined to win and take over ​ (b)   .

Athens (a city-state in Greece) was joined by ​ (c)   , another Greek city-state.

Together, the Greeks set up their forces at a mountain pass called ​ (d)   .

• Persians
• Greece
• Sparta
• Thermopylae

At first, the Greeks (together from Athens and Sparta) were able to hold off the Persians at Thermopylae.

What led to their demise (downfall)?

• a Greek traitor told the Persians about another path

• a terrible earthquake

• a plague (sickness)

Page 186: After suffering a defeat to the Persians, a Greek general from Athens, ​ (a)   , came up with plan to help the Greeks win the war. He wanted to trap the Persians into a tight ​ (b)   , so they lured the Persians to the island of ​ (c)   .

• Themistocles
• space
• Salamis