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Persian Wars

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Battle was first?

a)

Marathon

b)

Thermopylae

c)

Salamis

d)

Plataea

2.

What was the TOPOGRAPHY of the Battel of Salamis

a)

High Hill vs Water

b)

Valley with narrow pass

c)

Naval Battel in the straights

d)

Rocky and wide

3.

Who was the King of Kings who started the expansion

a)

Herodotus

b)

Xerxes

c)

Leonidas

d)

Darius

4.

CHECK ALL that were land battels

a)

Marathon

b)

Thermoplyae

c)

Salamis

d)

Plataea

5.

Which battle did the Greeks lose?

a)

Marathon

b)

Thermopylae

c)

Salamis

d)

Plataea

6.

Which fight did the Spartans NOT fight in?

a)

Marathon

b)

Thermopylae

c)

Salamis

d)

Plataea

7.

Why did the Greeks fight at Marathon and not Athens?

a)

To get the high ground first

b)

To prevent Athens from being destroyed

c)

To slow the navy from going around the peninsula

d)

All of the above

8.

Which fight had the largest number of combatants by the Persians

a)

Marathon

b)

Thermopylae

c)

Salamis

d)

Plataea

9.

Whose ships were smaller

a)

Persians

b)

Greeks

10.

What did the Greeks do at Marathon

a)

Weaken their middle

b)

Counterattack from the Sea

c)

Ran to flank the Persians from behind

d)

Win with a storm of arrows

11.

What caused the Persians to retreat at Platea

a)

A massive storm taking out a fleet of ships

b)

The death of their commander

c)

The starvation of their people

d)

The fall of their King

12.

Which battle where the Greeks most outnumbered in?

a)

Marathon

b)

Thermopylae

c)

Salamis

d)

Platea

13.

What was the main reason the Greeks lost at Thermopylae?

a)

The were outnumbered

b)

They were out trained

c)

They were out of position

d)

They were betrayed

14.

After which battle did Xerxes return to Persia?

a)

Marathon

b)

Thermopylae

c)

Salamis

d)

Platea

15.

What college did Mr. Majerus go to?

a)

Simpson

b)

Graceland

c)

William Penn

d)

Iowa State