Ch. 10 Sec. 2 Quiz Review

The Peloponnesian War broke out between which powers?

• Athens and Sparta

• Athens and the Delian League

• Greece and Persia

• Greece and Troy

During the Peloponnesian War, what other disaster did Athens face, besides attacks from Sparta?

• A drought

• famine

• internal revolt

• plague

What event ended the truce between Athens and Sparta?

• Athens' disbanding of the Delian League

• Athens' siege of Syracuse

• Sparta's alliance with Persia

• Sparta's attack on Sicily

What action did Sparta take against a defeated Athens?

• Burned all of the city's ships and temples

• destroyed the city-state and surrounding lands

• enslaved most of the city's citizens

• replaced the city's democracy with an oligarchy

What Athenian historian recorded the events of the Peloponnesian War?

• Herodotus

• Homer

• Pericles

• Thucydides

Why were ostracons made and cast?

• To banish citizens thought to be dangerous

• to elect citizens as representatives

• to select citizens for military service

• to vote on laws in the citizens' assembly

What causes led to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War?

• Athens controlling the Delian League's money and refusing to let other city-states withdraw from the league.

• Collaboration between Athens and Sparta
• Mutual agreement to avoid conflict
• Peaceful negotiations between Athens and Sparta

Why did the Peloponnesian war end the way that it did?

• Alien invasion
• Athens lost most of its fleet, Sparta destroyed the land around Athens, then Sparta teamed up with Persia.

• Economic prosperity
• Diplomatic negotiations

After Sparta defeated Athens and gained control of Greece, the Spartans were able to rule the Greek empire for another thousand years.

• True
• False

In which year did the Battle of Marathon take place?

• 490 BC

• 480 BC

• 431 BC

• 404 BC