VOCABULARY
A member of an alliance is an...
The Persian Empire attempted to defeat Greece many times. Which CONTINENT was the Persian Empire located on?
Asia (Western Asia to be specific)
Who was the leader of Persia during the FIRST Persian War?
DARIUS
What city-state was the leader of the Peloponnesian League?
SPARTA
How long did the conflicts of the Peloponnesian War last?
27 years
This battle ended the FIRST Persian War
The Battle of Marathon
Ancient Greece was located on what CONTINENT? Modern day Greece is also located on this continent...
Europe
Who was the leader of Persia during the SECOND Persian War?
Xerxes
What did Sparta and other members of the Peloponnesian League fear? MUST NAME 2 THINGS FOR POINTS.
Athens POWER and STYLE OF GOVERNMENT
What were women's main role in Sparta?
To have healthy babies who would become future soldiers of Sparta
This battle ended the SECOND Persian War
Battle of Salamis
Greeks took advantage of their location on the water to trade with other lands. WHAT 3 CONTINENTS did Greece TRADE WITH?
Europe, Africa, and Asia
Who was the leader of the Spartan army during the Second Persian War?
LEONIDIS
What did Athens do to anger the other members of the Delian League? 5 things, need 3/5 to get correct
(1) Run it as their own empire, (2) brought other cities into the league by force, (3) used the money to build a navy, (4) force league members to use Athenian currency, (5) moved the treasury to Athens
What was the name of the area where Greeks had their most important buildings and meetings?
The Acropolis
Sparta and their allies were known as the...
Peloponnesian League
PELOPONNESUS is an area that has 3 sides surrounded by water. What do we call a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides?
PENINSULA
The Athenians won the Battle of Marathon. What were three advantages that Persia had over Athens in the battle of Marathon?
NAME ALL 3 FOR FULL POINTS
(1) They outnumbered them 2 to 1, (2) they had archers, (3) they had soldiers on horseback.
How did Persia play a key role in helping Sparta defeat Athens?
Persia gave the Spartans money to build a navy.
Solon
Athens and its alliance members were known as the...
Delian League
Themistocles set a trap in the Strait of Salamis to defeat the Persian army. Describe what a STRAIT is in geography.
a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
Sparta was known for having a strong army. For days, they held off many Persian soldiers during a famous battle. Why did Sparta lose at the Battle of Thermopylae?
The Spartans were BETRAYED by one of their own soldiers.
What was the name of the country that took over Greece?
MACEDONIA
Homer ( a Greek writer) wrote 2 stories about the TROJAN WAR. Those stories were called...
The Iliad
The Odyssey