Greece Day 7 (Peloponnesian War)

Question 1

Who were fighting each other in the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 1

Athens and Sparta

Question 2

Strengths of Athens & the Delian League

Answer 2

-good navy
-Delian League paid tribute to Athens
-money used to build up navy

Question 3

Weaknesses of Athens & the Delian League

Answer 3

-bad land army
-sometimes members of Delian League tried to leave, causing conflict within the alliance

Question 4

Strengths of Sparta & the Peloponnesian League

Answer 4

-good land army
-more positive relations with allied city-states

Question 5

Weaknesses of Sparta & the Peloponnesian League

Answer 5

-extremely small navy
-Helot population outnumbered Spartans

Question 6

Cause of the war

Answer 6

End of Persian War –> Golden Age of Athens –> Peloponnesian War

-Delian League led to formation of Athenian Empire

Question 7

Effects of the war

Answer 7

-Athens would fall and be absorbed into Spartan Empire
-Greece would remain strongly divided
-Easy for Alexander the Great to conquer Greece roughly a century later