5th Century BC Athens - Athenian Foreign Policy

An alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens.

• Salamis

• The Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• The Ionians

Answer explanation

The League was formed in 478 BCE to liberate eastern Greek cities from Persian rule and as a defence to possible revenge attacks from Persia following the Greek victories at Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea in the early 5th century BCE.

The Delian League was divided into five administrative regions: Ionia, the Hellespont. Thrace, Caria and the Islands. At its peak. the league had more than 300 member states.

• True

• False

A naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC. It resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks.

• Salamis

• The Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• The Ionians

One of the four major tribes that the Greeks considered themselves to be divided into during the ancient period; the other three being the Dorians, Aeolians, and Achaeans.

• Salamis

• The Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• The Ionians

An alliance of ancient Greek city-states, dominated by Sparta and centred on the Peloponnese, which lasted from c.550 to 366 BC. It is known mainly for being one of the two rivals in the Peloponnesian War, against the Delian League, which was dominated by Athens.

• Salamis

• The Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• The Ionians

A state with a dominant position characterized by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power.

• Superpower

• Asia Minor

• Aegean:

• Pretense

A state with a dominant position characterized by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power.

• Superpower

• Asia Minor

• Aegean

• Pretense

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

• Superpower

• Asia Minor

• Aegean

• Pretense

Relating to the region comprising the Aegean Sea and its coasts and islands.

• Superpower

• Asia Minor

• Aegean

• Pretense

 A geographic region located in the south-western part of Asia comprising most of present-day Turkey.

• Superpower

• Asia Minor

• Aegean

• Pretense