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Greek Wars Warm-Up

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Delian League versus the Peloponnesian League. Competition was a cause of this war. Who headed the Delian League
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
2.
Delian League versus the Peloponnesian League. Who headed the Peloponnesian League
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
3.
Sparta wins, resulting in the weakening of Athens' political power.
a)
Persian Wars
b)
Peloponnesian War
4.
Athens and Sparta united to defeat Persia.
a)
Persian Wars
b)
Peloponnesian War
5.
Athens has key victories at Marathon and Salamis.
a)
Persian Wars
b)
Peloponnesian War
6.
After Sparta defeated Athens and gained control of Greece, the Spartans were able to rule the Greek empire for another thousand years.
a)
True
b)
False
7.

The items in the graphic are all ___

a)

Causes of the Greco-Persian Wars

b)

Causes of the Peloponnesian Wars

c)

Effects of Alexander the Great's conquests

d)

Effects of the Hellenistic Era

8.

Which military formation did the Greeks use to defeat the Persian army, as shown this image?

a)

legion

b)

phalanx

c)

helot

d)

triremes

9.
An empire started by Cyrus the Great
a)
Greece
b)
Rome
c)
Persia
d)
Egypt
10.

Persian emperor who led the second invasion of Greece in 480 BCE

a)

Cyrus the Great

b)

Darius I

c)

Xerxes I

11.

Why did the first Persian War start?

a)

The Ionians rebelled and Persia wanted to punish Athens for helping them.

b)

Persia sought to expand its territory into Greece.

c)

Athens declared war on Persia without provocation.

d)

The Spartans attacked Persian trade routes.

12.

A city with its own traditions and government was a ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
city-state
peninsula
democracy
agora
13.

Sparta & Athens go to war with each other because of a disagreement over how Greece should be ruled. Using what we learned about GRAPES, this is an example of ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Achievements
Geography
Religion
Politics
Economy
Social Structure
14.
Which other city-state rose up and opposed Athens after Athens became the strongest power in Greece?
a)
Rome
b)
Olympia
c)
Corinth
d)
Sparta