ACC. SS - Greece Quiz #2 Review

Which of the following was a cause for the Persian Wars?

• Greece was expanding and wanted to take over Persian land

• The Romans wanted the Persians to help them conquer Greece

• The Persian Empire was expanding and wanted Greek lands

• The Persians and the Greeks formed an alliance to conquer others

The Persian wars were fought between:

• Greece and Persia

• Rome and Greece

• Persia and Rome

• Macedonia and Greece

Organize these descriptions with the correct battle.

Groups:

(a) Marathon

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(b) Thermopylae

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(c) Salamis

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(d) Platea

• Greeks get defeated in this war but are inspired to keep fighting!

• A battle on water

• Greeks lure Persian ships into strait and sink them!

• Final battle between Greeks and Persians!

• Persian arrows cannot pierce Greek shields

• Greeks assemble in a phalanx to finally force Persia from Greece! Yay Greek independence!

• Greek dude runs 26.2 miles to tell of victory

• Occurred at a mountain pass

• 300 Spartan soldiers fight to the death

Put the following in the correct order - from FIRST battle to LAST.

• Marathon

• Salamis

• Thermopylae

• Platea

Which of the following was the major impact of the Persian Wars?

• Persia keeps trying to invade Greece and eventually succeeds

• Greeks keep their independence

• Greeks and Persians form an alliance

• Persians keep their independence

​ (a)   was the "Father of History." Wrote about important events that happened a long time ago! His stories help us learn about the past and understand how the world was back then.

• Herodotus
• Plato
• Socrates
• Aristotle
• Homer 
• Euclid 
• Pythagoras
• Hippocrates

​ (a)   was a storyteller from Ancient Greece who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. These stories are about brave heroes, exciting adventures, and battles.

• Homer
• Plato
• Socrates
• Aristotle
• Thucydides
• Archimedes
• Sophocles

​ (a)   was a famous thinker; studied many different things like animals, plants, the stars

• Aristotle
• Einstein
• Newton
• Darwin
• Socrates 
• Pythagoras
• Plato
• Homer

​ (a)   asked lots of questions to make people think hard about what they believed. By asking questions, people could learn the truth and become wiser.

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Confucius
• Herodotus 
• Archimides 

​ (a)   was a famous teacher and thinker. He was a student of Socrates - also started a school where people could learn about things like science, math, and how to live a good life.

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Descartes
• Kant
• Euclid
• Homer
• Pythagoras