Persian Wars and Peloponnesian Wars

The Persian Wars were fought between who?

• Greek city-states and Persia

• Sparta and Athens

• Greek city-states and Rome

• Persia and Mesopotamia

Conflict started when Persia started attacking Greek colonies where?

• Mesopotamia

• Israel

• Asia Minor

• Italy

Athens and Sparta took the lead in gathering the other city-states to defend Greece through the creation of what?

• Peloponnesian League

• Dynamite League

• Hammurabi's Code

• Delian League

What were the results of the Persian Wars? Select ALL that apply.

• Persians retreat

• Greeks were conquered

• Led to differences between Athens and Sparta

• Persians were conquered by the Greeks

• Creation of the Peloponnesian League

Who fought each other in the Persian Wars?

• Sparta and Athens

• The Greeks and the Persians

• The Romans and the Greeks

• The Egyptians and the Spartans

Which wars does Herodotus describe in this excerpt?

• Greek Wars

• Athenian Wars

• Persian Wars

• European Wars

The following information describes which battle of the Persian wars: Narrow mountain pass where Persians attacked Athens from behind and then burned Athens.

• Thermopylae

• Salamis

• Plataea

• Marathon

Which popular sporting activity resulted from the first battle of the Persian Wars?

• The Marathon

• The Triathlon

• The Olympics

• The Pentathlon

Known for its military and war-like culture. Defeated by the Persians.

• Carthage

• Sparta

• Athens

• Troy

Who fought in the Persian War?

• Greece and Sparta

• Greece and Athens

• Greece and Persia

• Greece and Macedonia