The Persian Wars 10/20

Sparta and their allies fought against Athens and their allies for power in Greece

• Persian War

• Alexander the Great

• Peloponnesian War

• Phalanx

A group of soldiers standing close together as they march on the battlefield

• Cavalry

• Phalanx

• Hellenistic

• Alliance

Son of Darius I, and ruler of Persia. He defeated Sparta and Athens.

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Cyrus the Great

• Xerxes I

Which polis had an army of professional, full-time soldiers?

• Athens
• Sparta
• Thebes
• None

The Greek Delian League was created to defend the Greeks against the Persians

• True

• False

How many Spartans were killed at the Battle of Thermopylae?

• 7,000

• 300

• 3,000

• 700

Who was NOT a Persian king during the Persian Wars?

• Darius

• Leonidas

• Xerxes

Leonidas- King from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae

• true

• false

Which city-state became the most powerful as a result of the Persian Wars and entered into a period known as a “Golden Age” because of all their accomplishments?

• Sparta

• Athens

• Corinth

• Olympia

Who won the Persian War?

• Persia
• Greece
• Both; they tied
• Neither