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WorksheetsGreco Persian Wars
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which city-state had a powerful navy and defeated the Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis?
a)
Athens
b)
Ionia
c)
Sparta
2.
He was the founder of the Persian Empire.
a)
Xerxes
b)
Cyrus II (the Great)
c)
Darius I
3.
A unit of soldiers who rode horses as they attacked.
a)
satraps
b)
cavalry
c)
Immortals
4.
This city-state had the strongest army in Greece.
a)
Athens
b)
Ionia
c)
Sparta
5.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the Greco-Persian Wars?
a)
The Persians defeated the Greek city-states
b)
Athens started its decline after the end of the war
c)
Sparta and Athens were united against the Persians
d)
Persian ideas were adopted by the Athenians
6.
The winner of the Greco-Persian Wars was ______________________.
a)
Persia
b)
Greece
7.
This battle ended the Greco-Persian Wars and caused Persia to leave Greece.
a)
The Battle of Marathon
b)
Persian Wars
c)
The Battle of Plataea
d)
The Battle of Thermopylae
8.
The Persian leader who fought against Sparta AND Athens in the Battle of Thermopylae
a)
Xerxes I
b)
Cyrus II (the Great)
c)
Darius I
9.
The Persian king Xerxes demanded what two items from the Greeks to show they would accept him as their king
a)
Money & Slaves
b)
Ships & Olives
c)
Earth & Water
d)
Olives & Money
10.
Sparta’s most glorious defeat took place at the battle of
a)
Marathon
b)
Thermopylae
c)
Salamis
d)
Plataea
11.
The Spartan king who led the Greek army at Thermopylae was
a)
Lycurgus
b)
Themistocles
c)
Leonidas
d)
Pheidippides
12.
The Athenian general who led the Greek navy and devised the plan for the defense of Greece during the second Persian war was
a)
Leonidas
b)
Xerxes
c)
Pheidippides
d)
Themistocles
13.
This naval battle was a Greek victory and destroyed the bulk of the Persian fleet
a)
Salamis
b)
Plataea
c)
Thermopylae
d)
Marathon
14.
This was the final battle where the Persian army was defeated by a combined Greek force
a)
Plataea
b)
Salamis
c)
Marathon
d)
Thermopylae
15.
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.
16.
The Greeks were able to defeat the Persians, in part, because of Athens' powerful ____.
a)
air force
b)
army
c)
navy
d)
aroma
17.
What was the name of Athens' lawmaking body?
a)
The Senate
b)
The Assembly
c)
The Lawmaking Body
d)
The Parliament
18.
Athens was surrounded by the Spartan army, but stayed safe behind its _____.
a)
army
b)
walls
c)
orators
d)
gyros
19.
True or false: Sparta was finally able to cut off Athens' supply of grain from the outside.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Athena was the goddess of...
a)
love and beauty.
b)
war and wisdom.
c)
the sun, poetry, and music.
d)
the moon and the hunt.
21.
What thanks does Athens give Themistocles?
a)
they give him a medal of honor
b)
they ostracized him
c)
they had him killed
d)
they voted to make him a living god
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