Download Peloponnesian War Worksheet and Map Labeling

I.
Label
Countries: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt,
France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovenia,
Spain, Syria, Romania, Tunisia, Turkey, The Balkans
Seas: Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Straits
of Gibraltar
City States and Battles: Athens, Battle of Syracuse, Sparta, Macedonia
II.
Color
In purple color in the area where Athens and its allies were located. (Map on page 137)
In green color in the area where Sparta and its allies were located. (Map on page 137)
In red color in the area where Ancient Macedonia was located. (Map on page 142)
III.
Questions
1. Who fought in the Peloponnesian Wars and between what years were the wars fought?
2. Based on your knowledge who do you believe will win the wars and why?
3. Who was the Athenian leader?
4. What advantages did the Athenians have and why did they have these advantages?
5. What advantages did the Spartans have and why did they have these advantages?
6. What aggressive action did the Spartans take and what was the Athenian response?
7. What tragic event happened to the Athenians who were crowded into Athens? What affect
did it have on the population?
8. Define truce.
9. What year did the Athenians and Spartans sign a truce?
10. In 415 B.C. what action did the Athenians take? What was the ultimate result?
11. After Syracuse, Thucydides, a Greek historian, wrote this, “(The Athenians) were destroyed
with a total destruction-their fleet, their army-there was nothing that was not destroyed and
few out of many returned home” Based on this statement what affect did the Peloponnesian
War have on the Greece?
12. What happened in 404 B.C.?