4.12.R - Lesson: The Greek Wars Review

Question 1

Where did Themistocles defeat Xerxes in a naval battle?
Salamis
Platea
Marathon
Thermopylae

Answer 1

Salamis

Question 2

What led to Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian War? (Choose all that apply.)
Persia tricked Athens into an alliance.
Athenian navy was weakened by Sparta.
All of these are correct.
A plague killed competent leaders.

Answer 2

Athenian navy was weakened by Sparta.
A plague killed competent leaders.

Question 3

What happened as a result of the Peloponnesian War?
The city-states were united.
Sparta began to rule as the sole power of Greece.
All of these are correct.
Persia was thrilled with the weakened city-states.

Answer 3

Persia was thrilled with the weakened city-states.

Question 4

What caused the Peloponnesian War?
Athenian influence began to rise greatly amongst the Greek city-states.
Sparta’s influence began to grow rapidly amongst the Greek city-states.
None of these are correct.
A threat of a Persian invasion was imminent.

Answer 4

Athenian influence began to rise greatly amongst the Greek city-states.

Question 5

What phrase best describes the Battle of Marathon?
greatest Persian victory
destroyed myth of Persian invincibility
end of Athenian influence
example of Spartan military might

Answer 5

destroyed myth of Persian invincibility

Question 6

Which statement best fits Athens?
aristocratic
slave-based economy
oligarchy
progressive

Answer 6

progressive

Question 7

What statement least fits Sparta?
conservative
militaristic
None of these are correct.
commercial economy

Answer 7

commercial economy

Question 8

Between Athens and Sparta, which statement best fits with Sparta?
progressive
democracy
slave-based economy
commercial economy

Answer 8

slave-based economy

Question 9

What statement(s) best describe the outcome of the Persian Wars?
Greek culture was able to spread.
Persian threat of expansion diminished.
Short-lived unity developed amongst the Greek city-states.
All of these are correct.

Answer 9

All of these are correct.

Question 10

Which battle during the Persian Wars best fits this statement: “The army of Xerxes was defeated by the 300 Spartans”?
Salamis
Thermopylae
Marathon
Statement is incorrect.

Answer 10

Statement is incorrect.

Question 11

What caused the Persian Wars? (Choose all that apply.)
Persians feared Athenian influence.
Ionia, with the help of Athens, rebelled against Persia.
Sparta and Athens refused to pay tribute to Persia.
The Persian Empire attempted to annex territory.

Answer 11

Ionia, with the help of Athens, rebelled against Persia.
Sparta and Athens refused to pay tribute to Persia.
The Persian Empire attempted to annex territory.

Question 12

What statement least fits Athens?
urban, commercial economy
democratic and progressive society
slave-based economy
None of these are correct.

Answer 12

slave-based economy

Question 13

What played a key role in the outcome of the Battle of Marathon?
Phidippides’s endurance
assistance from Sparta
the use of the phalanx
Persian military might

Answer 13

the use of the phalanx