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1
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Who fought in the Battle of the Marathon?

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Persia vs. Athens

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Which Greek city-state was in charge of the Delian League?

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Athens

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What was the purpose of the Delian League?

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To protect the Greek city-states in case the Persians returned after the Persian War

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What happened to the Delian League?

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Athens started to get bossy which made the other city-states mad. It led to a civil war called the Peloponnesian war between Athens and the other Greek city-states.

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What was the name of the Athenian General that fought in the Battle of Salamis?

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Themistocles

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Who ended up winning the Persian Wars?

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Greece

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Who fought in the battle of Thermopylae?

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Persia vs. Sparta

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Who fought in the battle of Salamis?

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Persia vs. Other Greek city-states

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What was the only battle of the Persian Wars that Persia won?

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Battle of Thermopylae

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10
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Greece only lost one battle in the Persian Wars.

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This is true

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What Athenian leader fought in the Battle of Marathon?

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Militades

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12
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Was King Darius’s child a boy or a girl?

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Boy

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What was King Darius’s son’s name?

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Xerxes

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Which Persian King fought in the Battle of the Marathon?

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King Darius

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What Persian king fought in both the Battle of Thermopylae and Salamis?

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King Xerxes

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What did King Cyrus do to avoid revolts by the people he conquered?

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He treated them fairly.

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What was the first super highway that went across the Persian Empire?

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The Royal Road

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18
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Which religion did the ancient Persians follow?

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Zoroastrianism

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19
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How many gods did Zoroastrianism believe in?

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One

20
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What was the Persian Empire broken into to manage it’s large population?

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Satraps (Governors)

21
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What was the final battle of the Persian Wars?

A

The battle of Platea

22
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Which Persian Wars battle was fought at sea?

A

The battle of Salamis

23
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Which Persian Wars battle was fought first?

A

The battle of the Marathon

24
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There were 500 Brave Spartans

A

This is false

25
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Who wrote about the history of the Persian Wars?

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Herodotus

26
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Who was the first King of Persia?

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King Cyrus

27
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What was the formation used by Greek soldiers to enter battle?

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Phalanx

28
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Which Greek king died heroically at the Battle of Thermopylae?

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King Leonidas

29
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What Spartan King fought in the Battle of Thermopylae?

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King Leonidas

30
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Where did the Battle of Marathon take place?

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Mainland Greece on a plain north of Athens

31
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Where did the Battle of Thermopylae take place?

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Mainland Greece on a mountain pass north of Athens

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How did the Battle of Thermopylae start?

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A Greek traitor brought Persians to attack from the rear

33
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In the Battle of Salamis, the Greeks lost…

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40 ships compared to Persia’s 300 ships

34
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Who won the Battle of Salamis?

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Athens + the Greek city-states

35
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In the Battle of Thermopylae, who stayed to fight the Persians while Athens was evacuated?

A

300 Spartan soldiers

36
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After the Battle of Marathon, a messenger ran 26.2 miles back to Athens and yelled…

A

Nike (Victory)

37
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How did the Battle of Thermopylae end?

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Athens is destroyed and Leonidas dies

38
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Greece advantage over the Persians were

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a better strategy

39
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Famous runner who ran from Athens to Sparta then back. He is most famous for his 25 mile run from marathon to Athens where he collapsed and died from extreme exhaustion

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Pheidippides

40
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The Persians expanded their Empire by

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conquering its neighbors

41
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Fortune tellers, the givers of prophecy who communicated with the gods…Sparta received a message saying this was not the right time for a war.

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Oracle

42
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One of two Spartan kings. He led 300 of his personal body guards to fight the Persians at Thermopylae.

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King Leonidas

43
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Why did the Greeks care about Ionia?

A

The Greeks had established wealthy settlements there

44
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Why did King Darius ask for presents of earth and water

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Because this would mean that the Greeks had accepted Persian rule.

45
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What was the outcome of the Ionian revolt?

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The Persian army punished the Ionians

46
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Narrow water passage connecting the Aegean and Black Seas. It was here that Xerxes had his soldiers whip the sea after Poseidon destroyed his pontoon bridge (floating bridge made of ships).

A

Hellespont

47
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Location of a great naval battle, where the united Greek forces defeated the Persians. Between the narrow shores the smaller, lighter ships of the Greeks were able to out maneuver the larger, heavier Persian ships

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Salamis

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