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The Last Stand of the 300: The Legendary Battle of Thermopylae Part II
Directions: Watch the video. As you do, answer the questions which follow.
28. When did Themistocles launch his attack on the Persian ships?
a. He launched it in the early morning.
b. He launched in the afternoon?
29. Why did Themistocles launch his attack when he did?
a. He did this so that the battle would not last long and his losses would be
minimal.
b. He did this so he would have more time to destroy Persian ships
30. What did Themistocles learn from the Battle of Marathon?
a. He learned that Athens would need a navy when the Persians came back.
b. He learned that the Athenian army could handle anything the Persians threw at
them.
31. How did Themistocles find the money to build the Athenian navy?
a. He raided neighboring Greek city states, forcing them to pay tribute.
b. The Athenians had discovered huge silver deposits, giving them lots of money.
32. How did Themistocles convince the Athenians that they needed a navy?
a. He lied to them, telling them that the Greek city-state of Aegina was a threat.
b. A Greek spy convinced them that the Persians were building a massive fleet.
33. What was the name of the ships in the Athenian navy?
a. Triremes
b. Long Ships
34. What powered the triremes?
a. Just sails powered the triremes.
b. Both sails and oars powered the triremes.
35. How did triremes sink ships?
a. Triremes sank ships by setting them on fire with Greek fire.
b. Triremes sank ships by ramming them with a bronze-covered ram.
36. How badly was Themistocles’s fleet outnumbered by the Persian navy?
a. The Persians outnumbered the Greek navy six-to-one.
b. The Persians outnumbered the Greek navy ten-to-one.
37. What happened to the Persian fleet that was sent around the island of Euboea?
a. It was sunk by the Greek fleet coming up from the city-state of Euboea.
b. It was sunk by a powerful storm.
38. On the second day, what infantry did Xerxes send into battle against Leonidas?
a. On the second day of battle, Xerxes sent in more light infantry.
b. On the second day of battle, Xerxes sent in the heavy infantry called the
Immortals?
39. What did the Immortals wear on their heads?
a. The immortals wore a black cloth around their heads and faces that they could
see through.
b. The immortals wore silver masks that made them look like demons.
40. Why were the Persian heavy infantry called the Immortals?
a. They wore thick and heavy armor that the Greek spears could not penetrate.
b. There were so many that when one died, another came up to take his place.
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41. How did the Persians find a way around the Greek lines?
a. They found a track around the pass at Thermopylae that let the Persians
outflank the Greek army.
b. The Persian navy finally broke through Themistocles’s navy in the Artemisium
Strait and landed troops behind the Greek army.
42. Who did Leonidas send to guard the pass around Mount Kolandromos?
a. Leonidas put about a hundred of his own Spartan troops to defend the pass
around the mountain.
b. Leonidas put a thousand Phocian troops to guard the pass around the
mountain.
43. What
a.
b.
44. What
a.
b.
happened to the Phocian troops that Leonidas had set to mark the pass?
The Phocian troops defended the pass, all dying in the process.
The Phocian troops deserted to go home and defend their city-state of Phocia.
does Leonidas do when he learns that the Phocians have deserted?
He fled with his army and many of the Greeks were killed by the Persians.
He sent most of the Greek army south but he stayed behind with 300 Spartans
and 1,000 Thespians to cover the retreat.
45. What happened to the phalanx when the Persians attacked them from front and
back?
a. The phalanx held firm, and the Persians had a hard time of breaking through,
like before.
b. The phalanx broke ranks, making the Greek soldiers vulnerable to arrow fire.
46. When Leonidas is struck by arrow fire, what do the Greeks and Persians do to
his body?
a. Both the Persians and the Greeks were too busy to worry about Leondias’s
body.
b. The Spartans fought a battle over his body; the Spartans finally won the battle
for it.
47. How do the Persians end the Battle of Thermopylae?
a. They sent in their cavalry, which cut down the Spartans and Thespians.
b. They showered the Greeks with arrows, killing them all.
48. What happened to Athens after the Greeks lose the Battle of Thermopylae?
a. Xerxes lay siege to Athens, but he was not able to take the city.
b. Xerxes took the city and burned it to the ground.
49. What happened at the Battle of Salamis?
a. At the Battle of Salamis, the Greeks destroyed the Persian fleet.
b. At the Battle of Salamis, the Persians destroyed the Greek fleet.
50. What did the Persians do after the Battle of Salamis?
a. After the Battle of Salamis, the Persians surged forward and destroyed Sparta.
b. After the Battle of Salamis, the Persians had to retreat back to the lands of the
Persian Empire.
51. What did the Greeks do the pontoon bridge across the Hellespont after the
Battle of Salamis?
a. After the Battle of Salamis, the Greeks used the pontoon bridge to invade the
Persian Empire.
b. After the Battle of Salamis, the Greeks burned the pontoon bridge across the
Hellespont.
52. What did the Battle of Thermopylae do to Greece?
a. The Battle of Thermopylae united Greece as a Greek nation, not just a collection
of squabbling city-states.
b. The Battle of Thermopylae destroyed Greece, making it a province in the
Persian Empire.
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