Persian War - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who fought in the Persian War?

Greece and Sparta

Greece and Athens

Greece and Persia

Greece and Macedonia

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Where did the second battle in the Persian War take place?

Sparta

Athens

Marathon

Olympus

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which leader sent his ships to Marathon to fight to punish the Greek mainland for meddling in his empire?

Darius I

Xerxes

Cyrus the Great

Pericles

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who led his war ships towards Athens to seek revenge?

Cyrus the Great

Xerxes

Pericles

Mr. Monroe and his Mommy!

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Who ultimately won the Persian War?

Greeks

Spartans

Persians

Athens

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Why did the first Persian War start?

Persia wanted to punish Athens for interfering in the Ionian Revolt.

Sparta and Athens were competing to be the best city-state .

Persia wanted revenge for their defeat at Marathon.

Sparta and Athens both wanted to defeat Persia.

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Ten years after the first battle in the Persian Wars, Darius' son Xerxes tried to conquer Greece once more.
Which Greek city-state helped Athens?

Mycenae

Crete

Sparta

Troy

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which popular sporting activity resulted from the first battle of the Persian Wars?

The Marathon

The Triathlon

The Olympics

The Pentathlon

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The 300 died at what battle?

Palatea

Marathon

Thermopylae

Salamis

10.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

At the Battle of Marathon, ________________.

Persian Empire was defeated by Alexander the Great.

Athens was defeated by Persian Empire.

Sparta was defeated by Athens.

Persian Empire was defeated by Athens.

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

During the 2nd Persian War a Spartan force of 300 held off the Persian army for 2 days at a place called __________.

Marathon

Salamis

Thermopylae

Ionia

12.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The Spartan leader who led the Greek army at Thermopylae was

Lycurgus

Themistocles

Leonidas

Pheidippides

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The Persian navy was destroyed at this battle.

Plataea

Salamis

Thermopylae

Marathon

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In the Battle of Salamis, how was the Athenian navy able to defeat the Persians?

the Athenians tricked the Persians ships into following them into a narrow channel, then attacked and rammed the Persian ships until they sank

with special sounds, they were able to communicate with, and control the whales in the sea, to swim and collide with the Persian ships and sink them

they fired cannonballs at the Persian ships and sunk them

the Athenian archers were able to shoot their arrows twice as far as the Persian archers

15.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

All of the following are true about the second Persian War, except.

In 480 B.C the Persians invaded Greece for a second time

The Athenians sunk the Persian navy

The Spartans won a glorious victory at Thermopylae

The Athenians were victorious at the battle of Salamis

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