AC 6.5 Warfare in Ancient Greece

Why did the first Persian War start?

• Persia wanted to punish Athens for interfering in the Ionian Revolt.
• Sparta and Athens were competing to be the best city-state .
  
• Persia wanted revenge for their defeat at Marathon.
• Sparta and Athens both wanted to defeat Persia.

Who had the significantly larger troops?

• Persia

• Athens

Who was the leader of the Persian army?

• Darius

• Xerxes

• Xenophon

• Achilles

• Hector

Who led his war ships towards Athens to seek revenge?

• Cyrus the Great

• Xerxes

• Pericles

• Alexander the Great

Ten years after the first battle in the Persian Wars, Darius' son Xerxes tried to conquer Greece once more.

Which Greek city-state helped Athens?

• Mycenae

• Crete

• Sparta

• Troy

During the 2nd Persian War a Spartan force of 300 held off the Persian army for 2 days at a place called __________.

• Marathon

• Salamis

• Thermopylae

• Ionia

This naval battle was a Greek victory and destroyed the bulk of the Persian fleet

• Salamis
• Plataea
• Thermopylae
• Marathon

Which city-state had a powerful navy and defeated the Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis?

• Athens

• Ionia

• Sparta

Which of the following statements is true concerning the Greco-Persian Wars?

• The Persians defeated the Greek city-states

• Athens started its decline after the end of the war

• Sparta and Athens were united against the Persians

• Persian ideas were adopted by the Athenians

After the Persian Wars, Athens convinced its allies to join an alliance called ______________________.

• the Delian League

• the Macedonian League

• the Peloponnesian League

• the Major League