People & Places
Who was the leader of the Persians during the first Persian Invasion?
King Darius
This conflict began Persian Wars?
Ionian Revlot
What formation did Greek soliders use?
Phalanx
What is a Trimere?
A small Greek warship with three banks of oars
What two groups fought the Persian Wars?
The Greeks and Persians
Who was the leader of the Persians during the second Persian Invasion?
Xerxes
Who won the Battle of Marathon?
The Greeks
What city-state were the 300 soliders from?
Sparta
Who won the Battle of Salamis?
The Greeks
Which city-state revotled againsts the Persians and received help from the Athenians?
The Ionians
Who was the leader of the Spartan army?
Leonidas I
How badly were the Greeks outnumbered during the Battle of Marathon?
5:1
What type of armor did the Greeks and Spartans have?
Bronze armor, shield, & helmets
How did the Greeks use their boats to defeat the Persians?
The Greek triremes attacked furiously, ramming, sinking,
and overtaking the Persian Navy
How did the size of Persian and Greek territories vary?
Persian Empire was 40 times larger
Who was the General that ordered the Greeks to act swiftly at the Battle of Marathon?
General Militades
What year did the Battle of Marathon take place?
490 B.C.E.
How were the Greeks able to use their geogrpahy to their advantage?
Mountains on one side and a cliff on the other created a narrow passage, this limited the number of Persian soldiers able to fight at a time
Where did the Greek leader want to fight the Persians at the Battle of Salamis?
He wanted to lure the large Persians boats into the narrow channels of water to fight
What is the name used to reference the Persian soldiers?
The Immortals
Who was the leader of the Greeks at the Battle of Salamis?
Themistocles
What methods did Greek General Miltiades use to gain an advantage?
Catch the Persians off guard and attack quickly
How did the Persians win the Battle of Thermopylae?
Traitor informed Xerxes of secret pass and Persians surrounded Spartans
Who led the navy at the Battle of Salamis?
Themistocles
What happened to the Greek city-states during the Persian Wars?
The united to fight a common enemy