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This quiz tests your knowledge of the important concepts in Chapter 5, section 5 in your Holt World History book.
- 1.The main reason for the Persian Wars (500 B.C.- 479 B.C) was
- A.
Greece wanted to take over Persia
- B.
Persia tried to take over the Greeks in Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
- C.
Greeks of Asia Minor rebelled against Persian dominion
- D.
Athens teamed with Persia to overtake Sparta
- 2.All are TRUE of the famous Battle of Thermopylae during the Persian Wars EXCEPT
- A.
A group of badly outnumbered Spartans refused to surrender
- B.
The battle took place at sea
- C.
The Spartan's courage bought other city-states time to prepare their forces
- D.
Xerxes was in command of the Persian forces
- E.
The Spartans were eventually surrounded and killed
- 3.All are results of the Persian Wars EXCEPT
- A.
The city of Athens was destroyed and had to be rebuilt
- B.
The Greeks gained confidence with the success over the Persians
- C.
The Delian league was created to form an alliance of city-states
- D.
The Persian Empire became increasingly weak and "fell"
- 4.Pericles was
- A.
An important Greek philosopher
- B.
An Greek architect
- C.
An influential statesman who made Athens the political capital of Greece
- D.
A poet
- E.
An enemy of Athens
- 5.All are TRUE of the Peloponnesian War EXCEPT
- A.
They were a reaction to Sparta's tyranny over Greece
- B.
The Spartans had a stronger army than Athens
- C.
A plague broke out in Athens during the siege
- D.
The war went on for almost 30 years
- E.
Athens lost and became a second-rate power
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