Download STUDY GUIDE FOR GREEK QUIZ II Answer the following questions

STUDY GUIDE FOR GREEK QUIZ II
Answer the following questions as TRUE or FALSE regarding the Battle of Marathon...
1. _____
The Athenian leader’s name was Miltiades.
2. _____
The Pesian Empire hated Athens and
wanted to take over Greece.
3. _____
The Persians demanded gifts of “gold and
spices” from the Greeks.
Answer the following questions as TRUE or FALSE
regarding the Battle of Thermopylae...
16. _____
diers.
The Persian army had 500,000 sol-
17. _____
Xerxes was the Persian king, and he
wanted to rule the world.
18. _____
Thermopylae means “300.”
19. _____ Thermopylae lies along the coast of
the Ionian Sea.
4. _____
The Persians were helped by a Spartan trai20. _____ The battle of Thermopylae happened
tor who wanted to take over Athens.
10 years after Marathon.
5. _____
The Greeks were called Hoplites because
of the shape of their helmets.
21. _____ The Spartans wouldn’t fight because
it was a religious holiday.
6. _____
The Greeks fought in a formation called a
22. _____ The Spartans had this symbol on
“Flank”.
their shields... S
7. _____
The Persians had a more diverse army than
23. _____ The Spartan’s leader and king was
the Greeks at Marathon.
Miltiades.
8. _____
The Athenians were saved by the Spartans.
24. _____ Xerxes defeated the Greeks at Ther9. _____
The Persians should have never split their mopylae and eventually took over Athens.
forces in two.
25. _____ The Greeks finally defeat10. _____
The Persian Empire was based in Northed Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis, sendeastern Africa.
ing him and his Persian armies home to Asia.
11. _____
wooded.
The battle field at Marathon was hilly and
12. _____
The Athenians turtled when the Persian
archers shot at them.
13. _____
thon.
The Greeks were led by Leonides at Mara-
14. _____
The Greek word for victory is “Adidas”.
15. _____
The Persians were stunned to see the
Athenians waiting on the seashore for them after they had
sailed around the coast to attack Athens from behind.
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