Lessons 16-17 Review

Question 1

king of Sparta; hero of Thermopylae

Answer 1

Leonidas

Question 2

king of Persia; succeeded Darius I, his father

Answer 2

Xerxes

Question 3

site of the heroic stand of Leonidas’ 4000, men against the army of Xerxes in 480 BC

Answer 3

Pass of Thermopylae

Question 4

“So much the better, we shall fight in the shade.”

Answer 4

Spartan soldier at Thermopylae

Question 5

to beat with a small whip as punishment

Answer 5

scourge

Question 6

to climb in stages or on a ladder

Answer 6

scale

Question 7

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 7

Pass of Thermopylae

Question 8

Athenian statesman and soldier; advised the Athenians to build more ships

Answer 8

Themistocles

Question 9

main oracle of the Athenian domain

Answer 9

oracle of Delphi

Question 10

priestess of the oracle

Answer 10

Pythia

Question 11

naval battle where the Athenians defeated the Persians

Answer 11

battle of Salamis

Question 12

“We fight for all.”

Answer 12

the Greeks at Salamis

Question 13

narrow passage of water between two shores

Answer 13

strait

Question 14

to expel and send away as punishment

Answer 14

banish

Question 15

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 15

Delphi

Question 16

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 16

Salamis