Delian League
Which city-state was the main actor in the Delian League?
Athens
In which region of Hellas (Greece) is Sparta?
The Peloponnese.
What was the name of the Persian general at Plataea?
Mardonius
Which was the last city-state besieged by Athens in its invasion of Egypt?
Memphis
What was the purpose of the Delian League, originally?
To take the fight to the Persians.
Why did Sparta experience a helot revolt in 464 BC?
There was an earthquake.
What Spartan general offended all the allies after the Battle of Byzantium?
Pausanias
Why did Athens decide to invade Egypt?
The main military strength of the Delian League was...?
Why was Sparta so incapable of defeating Athens, even though it was often able to invade Athens' home region?
Why did Sparta need to keep Athens from holding on to Megara?
Athens used it to circumnavigate the Peloponnese.
Why did Athens want to conquer Boeotia?
It wanted to gain a land empire.
What two "things" did the Delian League extract from its members?
Money and ships.
Which city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth was a key point of contention between Athens and Sparta in the First Peloponnesian War?
Megara
Why didn't Sparta accept help from Cimon during the Helot Revolt?
They didn't want the helots seeing free, democratic Athenians.
What was the name of the Persian general who defeated the Athenians in Egypt?
Megabazus
Spartan assistance helped this city-state defeat the Athenian invasion of Boeotia; this city-state was never taken by Athens.
Thebes
Why did Sparta back Corinth in its colony dispute with Athens over Corcyra?
Sparta needed to use Corinth's navy.
The Athenians were slaughtered by the Persians in Egypt at which Battle (taking place in the middle of the Nile?)
The Battle of Prosopitis