An Unequal Struggle

Question 1

1. Finish this Sentence: “For hundreds of years they had been dominated, first by the Assyrians, and then by…”

Answer 1

The Babylonians

Question 2

2. Who wanted to conquer Egypt?

Answer 2

Cyrus

Question 3

3. What did the Persians have a victory at?

Answer 3

The Marathon

Question 4

4. Who wanted Xerxes to get revenge on Greece?

Answer 4

The great Darius, King of Kings

Question 5

5. Finish this sentence: “They had no wish to be ruled by a precision king, and where they would pay him tribute…”

Answer 5

So they rebelled throughout the position and governors.

Question 6

6. True or False: The First Marathon was in a city called Marathon?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

7. Who warned their fellow citizens?

Answer 7

Themistocles

Question 8

8.Finish this sentence: “But there was no more fighting: at the sight of their heroic enemy…”

Answer 8

“The disheartened Persians turned tail and sailed for home. And not just Athens, but the whole of Greece. This was 490 BC.”

Question 9

9. What army set Athens on fire?

Answer 9

The Persian army

Question 10

10. Finish the sentence: “Xerxes, a hard, ambitious man, needed no urging. He assembled an army from among all the subjects of the peoples of his empire…”

Answer 10

“Dressed in their traditional costumes, with their weapons, their bows and arrows, shields and swords, lances, war chariots, and slings, they were a vast, swirling multitude, said by some to number more than a million men”

Question 11

11. Finish this sentence: “He had noted that instead of sailing back the way they had come…”

Answer 11

“The Persian ships had turned toward Athens, which lay undefended and open to attack.”

Question 12

12. Who was the Athenians general?

Answer 12

Miltiades

Question 13

13. What year did the Persians defeat Greece?

Answer 13

479 BC

Question 14

14. Finish this sentence: “Xerxes saying: ‘Make haste and attack, or the Athenians’ allies will escape you…”

Answer 14

“Xerxes, who must have heard from his spies that the allies were set on leaving, fell for it. The next morning he attacked with many small and nimble warships.”

Question 15

15. Who was the Persians new leader?

Answer 15

Themistocles

Question 16

16. Who allied with the Athenians?

Answer 16

The Spartans

Question 17

17. Finish the sentence: “The story goes that he appointed a slave to call out three times at every meal…”

Answer 17

“Sire, remember the Athenians!’ So great was his fury.”

Question 18

18. Where did the Persians anchor down at?

Answer 18

“Not far from Athens, at a place called Marathon.”

Question 19

19. How much was Persians outnumbered?

Answer 19

Seven to one

Question 20

20. Finish this sentence: “They conquered many islands…”

Answer 20

“On their way and destroyed a lot of cities. They finally dropped anchor not far from Athens, at a place called Marathon.”

Question 21

21. Finish this sentence: “he was furious with Athens for meddling in his affairs, intending to destroy Athens and conquer Greece, he equipped a large fleet…”

Answer 21

“But his ships were caught in a violent storm, dashed against the cliffs, and sunk.”

Question 22

22. What Religion did they have?

Answer 22

“The light and the sun and believed it to be in a state of constant warfare with the dark-that is, with the dark powers of evil.”

Question 23

23. How long did the Egyptian empire last?

Answer 23

Almost 3000 years.

Question 24

24. Where did Darius expand his empire out to?

Answer 24

The Asia Minor

Question 25

25. Who sent Greece ships?

Answer 25

Athens