Battles
This battle took place in the year 490 B.C.E.
What is/was the Battle of Marathon?
The king of Persia during the Ionian revolt.
Who is/was King Darius?
Persia is now located here.
Where is Iran?
The Greek word for city-state.
What is "polis"?
This historian is considered the Father of History.
Who is Herodotus?
This battle on water showcased Athens's strong navy and led them to victory in 480 B.C.E.
What was/is the Battle of Salamis?
The son of Darius, who was king for most of the Persian Wars.
Who is/was King Xerxes?
This structure that was re-built in 447 B.C.E. and still sits at the top of the Acropolis in Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
These were what soldiers on horseback were called.
What was calvary?
This person was responsible for Athens's strong navy and use of triremes.
Who was Themistocles?
This "battle" included the burning of the great ancient city-state, Athens.
What is/was the Battle of Athens?
The Spartan King during the Battle of Thermopylae.
Who is/was Leonidas?
The number of miles from Athens to Marathon.
What is 26?
Greek soldiers who fought with spears and interlocking shields.
Who were hoplites?
Athens's patron god was her, and also the goddess that the Parthenon was dedicated to.
Who was Athena?
The Greeks had this advantage over the Persians.
What is...
a) more land
b) more people
c) more food
d) better strategy
What is d, better strategy?
Considered "the first citizen" of democratic Athens.
Who is/was Pericles?
What sea did the Persians have to cross to get to Greece?
What is/was the Aegean Sea?
Battle formation used by Greek soldiers.
What was the phalanx?
The name of the agreement or alliance between a lot of Greek city-states, including Athens following the Persian Wars.
What was the Delian League?
The order of the battles in the Persian Wars.
What are Marathon, Thermopylae, Athens, Salamis, and Plataea?
The Ionian Revolt was significant because (Don't answer in a phrase for this question) ....
The Ionian revolt was significant because the help given by Athens angered Darius.
This is the largest Greek Island
What is Crete?
Spartan soldiers wore red cloaks so that (do not answer in a phrase) ....
blood would not show
This event caused the Persian Wars.
What is/was the Ionian Revolt?