Chapter 28

The largest empire the world has ever known, ruling over land in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

• Peloponnese

• Persian Empire

• Sparta

• Ancient Greece

Allies

• a country or groups that join together for a common purpose, such as to fight against an enemy

• small, dark streets

• an agreement

• none of the above

The conflict between Persia and the Greek city-states between 499-479 BCE is known as

• Peloponnesian War

• The Battle of Marathon

• The Persian Wars

• All of the above

Calvary

• soldiers on foot

• soldiers on horses

• Persian soldiers

• Greek soldiers

The long, narrow body of water between Europe and Asia.

• Thermopylae

• Hellespont

• Salamis

• City-state

One of the greatest Persian Kings.

• Pheidippides

• Miltiades

• King Darius

• Athenian

The beginning of the Persian Wars

• Council of War

• Battle of Salamis

• Battle of Marathon

• Ionian Revolt

A brilliant Greek war general

• Sparta

• Athen

• Miltiades

• Pheidippides

The Greeks tricked the Persians into entering a narrow channel, where the Greeks rammed the Persian ships sinking 300

• The Battle of Thermopylae

• Battle of Marathon

• The Battle of Salamis

• Xerxes

At which battle did the Spartans force the Persians into a narrow pass between the mountains and the sea?

• The Persian War

• Ionian Revolt

• Hellespont

• The Battle of Thermopylae