Ancient Greece: Historical Maps, Battles, & Alexander the Great

Locate Greece

Locate the Mediterranean Sea

Locate Africa

Use the map entitled The Greece City-States, 500 BCE

Study the map and choose the major city-states labeled with a black square.

MAP HERE: https://nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.com/maps-of-ancient-greece.html

• Olympia

• Delphi

• Delos

• Athens

Use the map entitled Persian Wars, 499-479 BC

MAP HERE: https://nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.com/maps-of-ancient-greece.html

In 480 BC, Greek fleet defeats Persian navy at the Battle of ​ (a)   . NOTE: Greek battle victory.

• Salamis
• Marathon
• Athens
• Mt. Olympus
• Zeus
• Apollo
• Athena
• Artemis

Use the map entitled Persian Wars, 499-479 BC

MAP HERE: https://nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.com/maps-of-ancient-greece.html

In 480 BC, 7000 Greeks, led by the Spartans, hold off 180,000 ​Persians for two days before falling. This was known as the Battle of ​ (a)   .NOTE: Persian battle victory.

• Thermopylae
• Marathon
• Salamis
• Sparta
• Babylon
• Alexandria

Use the map entitled Persian Wars, 499-479 BC

MAP HERE: https://nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.com/maps-of-ancient-greece.html

In 490 BC Athenian army wins decisive victory over Persian army in the Battle of ​ (a)   . NOTE: Greek battle victory

• Marathon
• Mediterranean
• Marvels
• Sparta
• the bulge
• Thermopylae

Use the map entitled Persian Wars, 499-479 BC

MAP HERE: https://nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.com/maps-of-ancient-greece.html

In 480 BC, 7000 Greeks, led by the Spartans, hold off 180,000 ​ (a)   for ​ (b)   before falling.

• Persians
• two days
• Egyptians
• one week
• Russians
• two weeks
• Babylonians
• one month

Use the map entitled Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BCE

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During the Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BCE who was Sparta at war with?

• Athens

• Argos

• Marathon

• Egypt

Use the map entitled The Empire of Alexander the Great, 323 BC

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Study the two maps of Alexander's massive empire. Label the the modern-day countries that would have been a part of his empire from West to East: ​ ​ (a)   , ​ ​ (b)   ,​ Turkey, ​ (c)   , ​ (d)   , Afghanistan, Pakistan, ​ (e)  

• Greece
• Egypt
• Syria
• Iran
• India