Download Delian Confederacy Worksheet

Delian Confederacy Worksheet
Find the missing words from the table below :
Ionians ; Plataea ; Persian Wars; Supremacy; protection ;Long Walls; Piraeus;
Athenian Empire ; Commerce; weights and measures;
non-tributary; democracies; contribution; alliance; liberty; Chios;
Treasury ; Aristides ; Samos ; Lesbos; Thrace ; Pausanias ; compelling ;
reprovision; Egyptian; taxation; Islands; oligarchic; subject; fleet; second;
Hegemony; service; money; Byzantium; Spartans ; Hellespontine; repressed;
Hellenotamiae; Carian; justice; domination;
1) Sparta's Lost Opportunity
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Sparta's…………………. established after the defeat of Argos 494 BC
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Undisputed leadership during …………….. ……………
2) Spartan Opposition to Athens
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478 BC Athenian fortifications, the ………….. ……………from ………………….to the
City itself were heavy defensive structures ; almost impossible to break
through
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They allowed Athens a direct ,protected route from the city to the sea
,allowing the Athenians to ……………………themselves
3) Actions of Pausanias
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Victor of ……………………was universally acclaimed after 479 BC
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Cyprus and ………………….liberated from Persian control
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…………………….upsets the locals when he assumes despotic airs , even intriguing
with Persia
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Deposed, disgraced the name of ………………………..
4) Athens forms Delian Confederacy
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479 expels Persians from …………….and Hellespont
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478 Athens forms Confederacy of ……………….and Aegean states to resist
renewal of Persian aggression
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Ships provided by Athens and larger islands such as …………………., ………………….,
………………………..
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Other states provide tribute assessed at 460 talents ,supervised by
…………………(" the Just" ).
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Athenian .........................collect tribute
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Congress of States and League .................at Delos -(removed to Athens by
454 after .......................disaster
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5 districts formed for purposes of ......................: 443
*....................; * Ionian ; * ...............................;* Thracian ;
* The ......................
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Allies assured of ..........................against Persians .
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......................encouraged
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Athenian ..............................................used throughout the D.L.
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Strict .......................was available through Athenian courts
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Democracy protected against ........................reprisals
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Three classes of confederates :
* ..........................allies, furnished own ships
* Tributary allies, paid in....................
* ....................... Allies
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Athens brought moral and physical force to install proAthenian...............................
5) Athenian Empire
Any independent policy was forcefully...........................
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Athens as leader assessed the requisite annual............................, collected it and
acted as executor of the League.
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Machinery of the League led naturally to the ..............................of the
organisation by Athens
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After 454 BC referred to as the.......................................
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Essentially an ......................of sea states, all contributing to a common..................
(In money, men or ships)
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For most members it meant a loss of the .....................of the city state
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Many members eventually became subjects of Athens
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Athens unjust in .......................allies to join or remain
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Athens considering her own interests in encouraging money payment instead
of.................
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In all members gained more than they lost in view of subsequent history of
Spartan .........................and renewal of Persian power
404-371 BC
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A .......................Athenian League was formed from 377BC to 354 shows its
necessity and inherent value.
Your opinion:
Copy out the timeline (provided earlier) of the period 479-440.
a) Mark/shade/ highlight in one colour the events that could be seen as "Athens
acting as a hero of the Greek world"
b) Now, using another colour, show events that show Athens acting as a bully
/aggressor.