Review: Archaic Period

What does the name "Thermopylae" mean?

• Thermal Vents

• Bottleneck

• Mountain Pass

• Hot Gates

Which modern day country is Persia located in today?

• Iraq

• Iran

• Syria

• Turkey

True or False:

Darius the Great founded the Persian Empire.

• True

• False

Zoroastrianism is...

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

• Monochromatic

• Polytechnic

Which group did the Persians NOT conquer?

• Egyptians

• Carthaginians

• Babylonians

• Phoenicians

True or False:

A "strategos" in Ancient Greece was a general.

• True

• False

What type of formation did the Greeks usually fight in?

• Hoplite

• Strategos

• Flanks

• Phalanx

Around how far did Pheidippides supposedly run from Marathon to Athens?

• 23 miles

• 24 miles

• 26 miles

• 27 miles

What caused the Persian Wars?

• The destruction of Miletus.

• The Ionian Revolt

• The destruction of Athens.

• The destruction of Eretria.

True or False:

The Persians won the Battle of Marathon.

• True

• False