WorksheetsLast Stand of the 300
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
In 530 B.C. what was the newborn Leonidas checked for?
defects
lice
Which of the following Spartans WOULD NOT be buried with their name on a headstone?
A man that died in battle
A woman that died in child birth
A Spartan ephor that died of old age
At which age were boys taken from their family for military training?
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
How many years did the military training for Spartan boys last?
10 years
12 years
14 years
16 years
What was the significance of flogging of young boys by the Spartans?
Determine which boys would be removed from the training.
Determine who was the toughest recruit in their training class.
What happened to many of Leonidas's comrades?
Quit
Killed
What did young Spartan men in training do to a helot to become a man?
Strangled them to death
Beat them to death
Helped them escape from slavery
Deception was an important skill for Spartan soldiers because of all of the following reasons EXCEPT-
Evasion was part of being a soldier.
Being stealthy was part of being a soldier.
Never stealing was part of being a soldier.
When a boy completed the training would Spartan mothers would hope that their son would return with the military shield held high or-
with their body on the shield.
with the gifts from a battle.
What did a Greek spy discover a year before the Battle of Thermopylae?
A Persian army of 300,000 was mobilizing.
A Athenian army of 300,000 was mobilizing.
The Persian army was in retreat.
The Athenian army was in retreat.
After discovering the Persian king, Xerxes' plan, why did other city-states not help Athens?
Greek city-states typically didn't get along.
Greek city-states always united against foreign powers.
What did the Oracle at Delphi predict would happen to Leonidas?
He would defeat the Persians.
He would die in battle.
How did Leonidas interpret the oracle's message?
The Greek gods had chosen him to save Sparta.
Sparta was blessed by the Greek gods.
The Spartan Council of Ephors only allowed Leonidas to bring this many soldiers with him into battle with the Persians.
300
3,000
30,000
300,000
