Quarter 4 Quiz 1 - Greco-Persian War (7th)

The name of the king of Sparta

• Themistocles

• Pheidippides

• Leonidas

• Pythia

The reason that the first Persian invasion was not successful

• Storm and rough seas

• Spies that warned the Greeks

• Surprise attack

• Ionian rebellion

Which Persian leader was the one who spread the empire across the world and conquered many people?

• Xerxes

• Darius

• Artaxerxes

• Cyrus

Which Persian leader was the leader during the Greco-Persian War

• Xerxes

• Darius

• Artaxerxes

• Cyrus

What is a satrap?

• A ruler from an empire to make sure that a conquered city will obey

• A soldier that will kill the leader of a city that fights against the empire

• A city that makes sure that surrounding cities obey the empire

• A law that any city that is a part of the empire needs to pay taxes

Which battle was the most important for giving the Greeks enough time to prepare to fight the Persians in the sea?

• Marathon

• Thermopylae

• Salamis

• Athens

The oracles of Greece that told the people to build a "wooden wall" lives in what city?

• Olympia

• Corinth

• Athens

• Delphi

What was the main reason that the Persians lost the war after the second invasion?

• Destroyed supply boats

• Greeks were better soldiers

• The empire was too hard to control

• Greeks used the geography to beat them

The reason that the Greeks lost at the battle of Thermopylae

• A spy betrayed the Greeks

• Sparta ran out of soldiers

• Persians used war machines

• Sparta decided to help Persia

The Greek boats called "triremes" means

• three rows

• battle boats

• speed hitters

• wooden walls