Ch. 11 Ancient Greek Civilzation

At the Battle of Marathon, Athenian phalanxes defeated the _____.

• Spartan army

• Persian army

• Ionian army

• Sicilian army

At what battle did Greek naval forces defeat the Persian navy?

• Thermopylae

• Syracuse

• Salamis

• Aegospotami

For protection and security, Athens and other city-states formed the _____.

• Delian League

• Peloponnesian League

• Ionian League

• Naxos League

What alliance did the oligarchies of Greece form for mutual protection?

• Spartan League

• Ionian League

• Sicilian League

• Peloponnesian League

Soldiers on horseback are called _____.

• archers

• phalanxes

• cavalry

• infantry

Athenians burned _____ city of Sardis, which led Darius to decide to conquer Greece.

• Spartan

• Sicilian

• Ionian

• Persian

Greek _____ attacked the Persians by surprise, which caused the Persians to flee to their ships at Marathon.

• calvary

• archers

• helots

• phalanxes

Themistocles hides his ships and attacks the trapped Persian navy which led to the destruction of the Persian navy at _____.

• Marathon

• Athens

• Sparta

• Salamis

The land of Alexander's birth was _____.

• Greece

• Thebes

• Macedonia

• Egypt

What city did Alexander found on the Nile delta?

• Thebes

• Babylon

• Pergamum

• Alexandria