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WorksheetsPersian Wars
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
The following information describes which battle of the Persian War: The final battle of the Persian War where Athens easily beat the army of the Persians (on land).
Thermopylae
Salamis
Plataea
Marathon
The following information describes which of the Persian Wars: Greeks led Persians into a narrow strait of water and then easily sank many Persian ships (because of their large size) causing the Persians to retreat.
Thermopylae
Salamis
Plataea
Marathon
This battle ended the Greco-Persian Wars and caused Persia to leave Greece.
The Battle of Marathon
Persian Wars
The Battle of Plataea
The Battle of Thermopylae
The Athenian general who led the Greek navy and devised the plan for the defense of Greece during the third Persian war was
Leonidas
Xerxes
Pheidippides
Themistocles
He was invaded Greece as revenge for his father's defeat at Marathon and to build a base for expansion into Europe.
Xerxes
Cyrus II (the Great)
Darius I
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
Who were Darius I and Xerxes?
Generals for the army of Sparta
Leaders of the city of Athens
The greatest of the Greek warriors
Emperors of Persia
Kings of Sparta
What were triremes?
Spartan warriors who used spears and shields
A type of Persian siege equipment used to take down city walls
Fast ships used by the Athenian flee
Soldiers who used long bows to attack from a distance
Special forces in the Persian army
What was the PRIMARY cause of the Persian Wars?
The Greeks wanted to establish more colonies in Asia Minor.
They fought over control of the trade routes of the Aegean region.
The Greeks refused to allow the Persians to participate in the Olympic games.
The Persians wanted to punish the Greek city-states for supporting Ionia's revolt against the Persians.
