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Persian Wars and Peloponnesian Wars

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the Persian Wars change the relationship between Athens and Sparta?

a)

They no longer wanted to depend on each other for help

b)

They started forming a common Greek identity and culture

c)

They joined together to form a single city-state

d)

They worked on opposite sides of the conflict and kept fighting each other

2.

The Delian League was an alliance created by Athens to ____________.

a)

go to war with Sparta

b)

protect its members from attack by the Persians

c)

to form a peace with Persia

d)

to form a peace with Sparta

3.

_____________ controlled and dominated the Peloponnesian League

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Ionia

d)

Troy

4.

What was the ultimate cause of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Power struggles between the city-states and Athens misusing money

b)

Disagreements about trade and Sparta misusing money

c)

The plague of Athens

d)

The helots revolted.

5.

What was one consequence of the Peloponnesian Wars?

a)

Athens became dominant since it had the largest navy

b)

Greek city-states started forming a common Greek identity and culture

c)

Sparta became dominant since it was strengthened by the war

d)

The Greek city-states were vulnerable to conquest by the Macedonians

6.

Conflict between Athens and Sparta resulted in the--

a)

Peloponnesian War

b)

Persian Wars

c)

Punic Wars

d)

Trojan war

7.

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in the diagram?

a)

Persia attacks the mainland of Greece for the Ionian Revolt

b)

Trojan War

c)

Pericles uses Delian League money to rebuild Athens.

d)

Xerxes uses money to build the Parthenon

8.

Why was Greece so easily defeated by King Phillip II and the Macedonians?

a)

Greece was weakened from Civil War

b)

Greece's army was fighting Persia

c)

Greece was weak after losing the Persian Wars

d)

Greece didn't care

9.

Which of the following statements is true concerning the 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

10.

Who won the Persian War?

a)

Persia

b)

Greece

c)

Both; they tied

d)

Neither

11.

Why did the first Persian beef start?

a)

Persia wanted to punish Greece for interfering in their business with Asia Minor.

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.

12.

Who ultimately won the Persian War?

a)

Greeks

b)

Spartans

c)

Persians

d)

Athens

13.

Who lost the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Sparta

b)

Delos

c)

Persia

d)

Athens

14.

What is a result of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Greece gained a lot of land

b)

Greeks went back to being separated

c)

Athens got richer.

d)

Sparta gained soldiers from Persia.

15.

What was a significant outcome of the Persian Wars for the Greek city-states?

a)

A) They were unified under a single government

b)

B) They gained control over the Persian Empire

c)

C) They maintained their independence and strengthened their military capabilities

d)

D) They became part of the Persian Empire