Lessons 16-19 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

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

Answer 7

Themistocles

Question 8

main oracle of the Athenian domain

Answer 8

oracle of Delphi

Question 9

priestess of the oracle

Answer 9

Pythia

Question 10

naval battle where the Athenians defeated the Persians

Answer 10

battle of Salamis

Question 11

“We fight for all.”

Answer 11

the Greeks at Salamis

Question 12

narrow passage of water between two shores

Answer 12

strait

Question 13

to expel and send away as punishment

Answer 13

banish

Question 14

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 14

Pass of Thermopylae

Question 15

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 15

Delphi

Question 16

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 16

Salamis

Question 20

Athenian magistrate and general; rival of Themistocles; had a reputation for fairness

Answer 20

Aristides

Question 21

Persian general; left in command of the Persian forces in Thessaly after Xerxes’ retreat

Answer 21

Mardonius

Question 22

nephew of Leonidas; defeated Mardonius at Plataea

Answer 22

Pausanias

Question 23

last sea battle between the Greeks and the Persians

Answer 23

battle of Mycale

Question 24

last land battle fought between Greeks and Persians in 479 BC (fought on same day as the battle of Mycale)

Answer 24

battle of Plataea

Question 25

“I have never seen him but I am tired of hearing him called ‘the Just.’”

Answer 25

Athenian to Aristides

Question 26

temporary banishment by popular vote

Answer 26

ostracism

Question 27

son of Miltiades

Answer 27

Cimon

Question 28

Greek dramatist

Answer 28

Aeschylus and Sophocles

Question 29

walls connecting Athens with the port of Piraeus

Answer 29

Long Walls

Question 30

Greek comic playwright

Answer 30

Aristophanes

Question 31

“Athens and Sparta are the two legs of Greece.”

Answer 31

Cimon

Question 32

“Because Cimon is already with me.”

Answer 32

oracle of Zeus

Question 33

to disable or disfigure

Answer 33

maim

Question 34

realms; territories ruled by someone

Answer 34

dominions