Athens vs Sparta and the Peloponnesian Wars

Match the following

• Athens' government

• Sparta fearful of Athenian power

• Cause of Peloponnesian Wars

• Oligarchy

• Athens

• Land/Army power

• Sparta's governement

• Naval power

• Sparta

• Direct Democracy

Match the following

• Trade through the entire Mediterranean

• Spartan Women

• Physically fit, own property, more free

• Owned a whole class of people as slaves

• Sparta

• Spartan Economy

• Stayed home, ran the household

• Athenian Women

• Trade only with their league

• Athenian Economy

The Athenians won most battles on sea and the Spartans won most land battles leading to:

• Stalemate

• Spartan victory in Peloponnsian Wars

• Athenian victory in the Peloponnesian Wars

• Persian victory in the Persian Wars

Who helped the Spartans and the Peloponnesian League defeat the Athenians?

• The Romans

• The Egyptians

• The Persians

• The Phoenicians

How did the Peloponnesian Wars make it easier for Philip II of Macedon to conquer Greece?

• The wars created new alliances between Greek city-states and Macedonia

• The 27 years of fighting weakened all of Greece, making them vulnerable to invasion

• The wars forced Greece to ask Philip II for military assistance

• The wars caused Greece to develop inferior weapons compared to Macedonia

The Peloponnesian Wars between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League demonstrate the concept of "united we stand, divided we fall." Which modern situation best illustrates this same concept?

• A country with a strong military defeats a smaller neighboring country

• Multiple small businesses compete against each other, allowing a large corporation to move in and dominate the market

• A government increases taxes to fund its military during wartime creating a massive army

• An alliance of countries successfully negotiates a trade agreement to help defeat a larger company

Who was the leader of Athens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian Wars, he rebuilt Athens and died during the plague?

• Themistocles

• Xerxes

• Leonidas

• Pericles

Match the following

• Long Walls

• Athenian general who fought for Sparta and Persia

• Sparta

• Athens suffered a devastating defeat here: no survivors

• Alcibiades

• Boys left at age 7 to train for military

• Athens

• Their city-state was near the coast

• Syracuse

• Protected the road from Athens to it's port the Piraeus

Which city was a center for the Arts and Education in Greece?

• Sparta

• Corinth

• Athens

• Thebes

Who were the helots?

• Athenian Slaves

• Persian Slaves

• Spartan Warriors

• Spartan slaves