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- 1. Multiple Choice
The leader of the Persians when they first attacked Greece in 490BCE.
Darius
Alexander the Great
Xerxes
Cleopatra
- 2. Fill in the Blank
True or False? The first Persian War was mostly a land-based attack.
- 3. Fill in the Blank
As a result of a land battle that occurred 40km from the city-state of Athens, this Olympic event came into being.
- 4. Multiple Choice
The initial event which triggered the Persians to invade Greece, which occurred in 499BCE was
the Greek cities of Anatolia, with help from Athens, revolted against their Persian overlords
the ancient Greece city-state of Sparta attempting to invade Persia
Athens excluding Persia from trade
No answers are correct
- 5. Multiple Choice
The 2nd Persian invasion was led by
Darius
Xerxes
Alexander the Great
Cleopatra
- 6. Multiple Choice
Xerxes prepared for the invasion of Greece by
building a floating bridge to carry his army across the narrow strait called the Hellespont that separates Europe from Asia
gathering together a huge army of spearmen, archers and cavalry from all over the Persian Empire
All answers are correct
- 7. Multiple Choice
To defend ancient Greece from the 2nd Persian invasion the 31 city-states
had to unite after many years of rivalry and fighting
had to form one government
adopted a democratic system of government
no answers are correct
- 8. Multiple Choice
At Thermopylae in 480 BCE
the Spartan king, Leonidas, held a narrow mountain pass against the Persians delaying their advance
a Greek fleet fought three battles against the much larger Persian fleet
The Athenians captured Xerxes
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- 9. Fill in the Blank
True or False? The 2nd Persian War commenced in 480BCE
- 10. Multiple Choice
In the second Persian War, the invasion force assembled at
Sardes in preparation to cross the Hellespont Strait separating Asia from Europe
Marathon to invade Athens
the island of Rhodes to sail across the Aegean Sea
the island of Rhodes to sail across the sea of Crete
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Who was victorious in the second Persian War?
- 12. Multiple Choice
What happened at Salamis?
The Spartans attacked the Persian army and defeated them.
The Greek navy attacked the Persians completely defeating them.
The Persians landed their army and invaded Athens.
The Persians landed their army and invaded Sparta.
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