WorksheetsPersian War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who fought in the Persian War?
a)
Greece and Sparta
b)
Greece and Athens
c)
Greece and Persia
d)
Greece and Macedonia
2.
Where did the second battle in the Persian War take place?
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Marathon
d)
Olympus
3.
Which leader sent his ships to Marathon to fight to punish the Greek mainland for meddling in his empire?
a)
Darius I
b)
Xerxes
c)
Cyrus the Great
d)
Pericles
4.
Who led his war ships towards Athens to seek revenge?
a)
Cyrus the Great
b)
Xerxes
c)
Pericles
d)
Mr. Monroe and his Mommy!
5.
Who ultimately won the Persian War?
a)
Greeks
b)
Spartans
c)
Persians
d)
Athens
6.
Why did the first Persian War start?
a)
Persia wanted to punish Athens for interfering in the Ionian Revolt.
b)
Sparta and Athens were competing to be the best city-state .
c)
Persia wanted revenge for their defeat at Marathon.
d)
Sparta and Athens both wanted to defeat Persia.
7.
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?
Which Greek city-state helped Athens?
a)
Mycenae
b)
Crete
c)
Sparta
d)
Troy
8.
Which popular sporting activity resulted from the first battle of the Persian Wars?
a)
The Marathon
b)
The Triathlon
c)
The Olympics
d)
The Pentathlon
9.
The 300 died at what battle?
a)
Palatea
b)
Marathon
c)
Thermopylae
d)
Salamis
10.
At the Battle of Marathon, ________________.
a)
Persian Empire was defeated by Alexander the Great.
b)
Athens was defeated by Persian Empire.
c)
Sparta was defeated by Athens.
d)
Persian Empire was defeated by Athens.
11.
During the 2nd Persian War a Spartan force of 300 held off the Persian army for 2 days at a place called __________.
a)
Marathon
b)
Salamis
c)
Thermopylae
d)
Ionia
12.
The Spartan leader who led the Greek army at Thermopylae was
a)
Lycurgus
b)
Themistocles
c)
Leonidas
d)
Pheidippides
13.
The Persian navy was destroyed at this battle.
a)
Plataea
b)
Salamis
c)
Thermopylae
d)
Marathon
14.
In the Battle of Salamis, how was the Athenian navy able to defeat the Persians?
a)
the Athenians tricked the Persians ships into following them into a narrow channel, then attacked and rammed the Persian ships until they sank
b)
with special sounds, they were able to communicate with, and control the whales in the sea, to swim and collide with the Persian ships and sink them
c)
they fired cannonballs at the Persian ships and sunk them
d)
the Athenian archers were able to shoot their arrows twice as far as the Persian archers
15.
All of the following are true about the second Persian War, except.
a)
In 480 B.C the Persians invaded Greece for a second time
b)
The Athenians sunk the Persian navy
c)
The Spartans won a glorious victory at Thermopylae
d)
The Athenians were victorious at the battle of Salamis
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