Persian War - Alexander Test

Question 1

Puncis wars were _____ VS _______

Answer 1

Persia VS Athens

Question 2

In the Punic wars Ionians team up w/

Answer 2

Athens

Question 3

Greece strategically chooses where

Answer 3

to fight

Question 4

At the battle of Marathon Athens was going to

Answer 4

kill themselves rather then let Persia kill them

Question 5

Pheidippides must run to warn

Answer 5

Athens not to kill themselves

Question 6

Darius dies so his son,

Answer 6

Xerxes avenges his goal

Question 7

Xerxes takes his time to

Answer 7

build Persia’s infrastructure and supply army

Question 8

Athens + Sparta defend Xerxes with

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80,000 troops & 400 ships at Thermaplyae

Question 9

Leader of Sparta

Answer 9

King Leonidas

Question 10

King Leonidas and 300 spartans hold off Xerxes for

Answer 10

2 days

Question 11

Xerxes is furouis that the Athenians escaped so

Answer 11

he burns Athens to the ground

Question 12

Cyrus the Great rebuilt

Answer 12

Persia

Question 13

Nike Means

Answer 13

Victory

Question 14

Salamis was a navy battle where greeks destroy

Answer 14

much of naval Persia

Question 15

Persian return after defeat and now want

Answer 15

to take all of greece

Question 16

All of Greece forms the

Answer 16

Hellenic league to fight of Persia

Question 17

The Delian league was named after

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the Delos island

Question 18

Athens+allies start new league called

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Delian League to deal w/ persia when they come back

Question 19

Athens calls the shots in the

Answer 19

Delian League

Question 20

Greed eventually corupts

Answer 20

Athens

Question 21

Delian league transforms into

Answer 21

a Athenian empire

Question 22

Out of fear of Athens Sparta starts the

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Peloponesian league

Question 23

Sparta made sure to appoint themselves as the

Answer 23

dominant force in their own league

Question 24

An acropolis is

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the highest point in a city

Question 25

Acropolises were a feature of

Answer 25

almost every greek city state

Question 26

Pericles rebuilt ______ with ________

Answer 26

Athens with Delian league money

Question 27

Acropolises are used as the main

Answer 27

fortress/standing point of cities

Question 28

The temple Parthenon is dedicated to

Answer 28

Athena

Question 29

Sparta's military contains a

Answer 29

Army (land)

Question 30

Athens military conatains a

Answer 30

Navy (sea)

Question 31

Leading to the Peloponnedian War Athens navy was

Answer 31

getting very strong

Question 32

Using the Delian League money Athens

Answer 32

constructs massive walls enclosing Athens all the way down to their ports

Question 33

______ sieges Athens before they get any more powerful

Answer 33

Sparta

Question 34

A siege is

Answer 34

surrounding an enemey base until their resources run out

Question 35

Sparta's seige is _____

Answer 35

unsucsesful

Question 36

In response to Sparta Athens begins a

Answer 36

petty Naval blockade around the Peloponnesian peninsula

Question 37

Persia's military contains a

Answer 37

Navy (sea)

Question 38

Sparta can fully seige Athens now with Persia's

Answer 38

Navy

Question 39

Plague in Athens spreads from a shipment from

Answer 39

Eygpt wheat

Question 40

From the plague in Athens ________ of Athens dies

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1/3 of Athens

Question 41

In response Athenian navy attacks

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Sparta

Question 42

Sparta teams up with a unlikely ally

Answer 42

PERSIA

Question 43

Athens is overwhelmed by the

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2 superpowers, so they surrender

Question 44

________ wins the Peloponnesian wars

Answer 44

Sparta

Question 45

Afterwards Sparta is weak and ______ invades Sparta becoming the dominant power

Answer 45

Thebes

Question 46

King of Macedon

Answer 46

Philip II

Question 47

Phillip II once live in

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Thebes

Question 48

Phillip IIi learned Thebes advances and

Answer 48

brought them home to Macedon

Question 49

A phalanx is a

Answer 49

double long Greek spear used in formations

Question 50

Phillip II hated

Answer 50

Persia

Question 51

All of lower Greece is weak so

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Phillip takes over it all

Question 52

Alexander III is heir

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to Macedon

Question 53

Alexander III is tutored

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by Aristotle

Question 54

Phillip II dies so

Answer 54

Alexander III takes over as king

Question 55

Bucephalus is

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a wild horse tamed by young Alexander III

Question 56

Bucephalus mean

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Ox head

Question 57

Alexander III creatively conquers Tyre with a

Answer 57

Land bridge

Question 58

_____ welcomes Alexander III to take over

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Egypt

Question 59

Alexander & men fight ______ at Porus

Answer 59

giant elepahnt riders

Question 60

After lots of conquering Alexander III ______ at the capital Babylon

Answer 60

die at Babylon age 32

Question 61

Overall Alexander III spread _______ & _____________

Answer 61

Greek culture and usher the Hellenic period