The Peloponnesian War
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  • Question 1
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Who were the participants in the Peloponnesian War?

    answer choices

    Corinth vs. Athens

    Persia vs. Greece

    Athens vs. Sparta

    Sparta vs. Thebes

  • Question 2
    30 seconds
    Q.

    After the Persian Wars, Athens convinced its allies to join an alliance called ______________________.

    answer choices

    the Delian League

    the Macedonian League

    the Peloponnesian League

    the Major League

  • Question 3
    30 seconds
    Q.

    This alliance was created by Athens to ____________.

    answer choices

    go to war with Sparta

    protect its members from attack by the Persians

    to form a peace with Persia

    to form a peace with Sparta

  • Question 4
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Why did other city-states become angry with Athens?

    answer choices

    Athens took control of the Delian League's money and used the money for its own benefit.

    The Delian League changed from a military alliance to an empire ruled by Athens.

    They interferred with other city-states.

    All of the above.

  • Question 5
    30 seconds
    Q.

    What was the name of the anti-Athens alliance led by Sparta called that included Thebes, Megara, and Corinth?

    answer choices

    Delian League

    Justice League

    Peloponnesian League

    Olympian League

  • Question 6
    30 seconds
    Q.

    What was the ultimate cause of the Peloponnesian War?

    answer choices

    Power struggles between the city-states

    Disagreements about trade

    The plague

    The helots revolted.

  • Question 7
    30 seconds
    Q.

    The FIRST phase of Peloponnesian War was uneventful and shorter than the second because...

    answer choices

    Athens army refused to face Sparta.

    Pericles died unexpectedly.

    A plague struck Athens killing 1/3 of its citizens.

    Sparta was busy dealing with the aftermath of an earthquake and a helot revolt.

  • Question 8
    30 seconds
    Q.

    This shorter war ended with...

    answer choices

    a truce that lasted 15 years.

    a victory for Athens.

    the surrender of Athens.

    the destruction of Athens fleet.

  • Question 9
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Athens' strategy to win the war included...

    answer choices

    avoiding fighting the Spartan army.

    using its navy to attack Sparta and its allies.

    dragging the war out until Sparta and the Peloponnesian League ran out of money and men.

    All of the above

  • Question 10
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Athens' war strategy did not work quite as expected due to...(choose all that apply).

    answer choices

    a plague that struck Athens killing 1/3 of its population.

    the death of Pericles

    an earthquake that struck the region.

    their men joining the Persian army.

  • Question 11
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Athens used the money from the Delian League to...

    answer choices

    pay for the Olympic Games.

    rebuild the Parthenon.

    pay Pericles salary.

    build ships for trading.

  • Question 12
    30 seconds
    Q.

    After _____________ was stripped of his command and sentenced to death, he escaped to Sparta and told them how to defeat the Athenians.

    answer choices

    Aristotle

    Thucydides

    Pericles

    General Alcibiades

  • Question 13
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Sparta also made a deal with ____________ in return for gold to build a fleet of ships.

    answer choices

    Ionia

    Corinth

    Persia

    Macedonia

  • Question 14
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    Q.

    The war finally ended in 404 B.C., when...

    answer choices

    Athens surrendered after its naval fleet was destroyed

    Sparta surrendered after its army was destroyed.

    The Persians turned on the Spartans.

    A truce was made between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League.

  • Question 15
    30 seconds
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    What were the results of the Peloponnesian War? (choose all that apply)

    answer choices

    Sparta was victorious

    Athens was victorious

    All of Greece was devastated.

    Greece was now vunerable to invasion.

  • Question 16
    30 seconds
    Q.

    In 350 B.C. , the Greek city-states were conquered by the ______________.

    answer choices

    Persians

    Romans

    Macedonians

    Sicilians

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