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Name __________________________________ Chapter 28 Fighting the Persian Wars Review Introduction 1. What present day countries are found in the Persian Empire? 2. What is an ally? 3. What was the Persian’s advantage during the wars? Ionian Revolt 4. Was it wise for King Darius to allow conquered people to keep their own customs and religions? Why or why not? 5. Why did Persia set its sights on Ionia? 6. Who did the Ionians ask for help in hope to defeat the Persians? 7. Why didn’t it (the answer to question 6) help? 8. How did the Persians punish the Ionians? Battle of Marathon 9. Why did Darius seek revenge at Marathon? 10. How did Marathon get word to Athens? 11. Who did Athens ask for help? 12. Why couldn’t they help? 13. Explain how Athenians defeated the Persians. Battle of Thermopylae 14. How did Xerxes get his soldiers across the water at Hellespont? 15. Who was going to attempt to stop the Persian navy? 16. Who was going to attempt to stop the Persian army? 17. How did the landform of Thermopylae affect Sparta’s stand? 18. How did the Persian army manage to get behind the Spartan army? 19. Why did the 300 Spartans choose to fight to the end? 20. What was their legacy? Battle of Salamis 21. After citizens panicked, where did they go? Why? 22. What happened to Athens? 23. What was Themistocles’ trick? 24. What water way did the Athenians masterly navigate? 25. Describe the Athenian strategy. 26. How many Persian ships and Athenian ships were destroyed? Battle of Plataea 27. What happened to the “ship-bridge” at Hellespont? 28. What was meant by “common brotherhood”? 29. What was the legacy of Plataea? KEY Introduction 1. What present day countries are found in the Persian Empire? Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Iraq, Iran, Georgia, Turkey ,Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Armenia, China, Armenia, Oman, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan. 2. What is an ally? States that agree to help each other against a common enemy 3. What was the Persian’s advantage during the wars? Land mass and population Ionian Revolt 4. Was it wise for King Darius to allow conquered people to keep their own customs and religions? Why or why not? Yes, they were less likely to rebel. 5. Why did Persia set its sights on Ionia? For its farmland 6. Who did the Ionians ask for help in hope to defeat the Persians? Athens 7. Why didn’t it (the answer to question 6) help? Athenians left too early 8. How did the Persians punish the Ionians? Forced them into the army, destroyed the city of Miletus, and sold people into slavery Battle of Marathon 9. Why did Darius seek revenge at Marathon? (1) for Athenian help in Ionia, and (2) for insulting King Darius when he asked for Greek earth and water 10. How did Marathon get word to Athens? Sent a runner 11. Who did Athens ask for help? Sparta 12. Why couldn’t they help? Middle of a religious festival 13. Explain how Athenians defeated the Persians. They fled to the mountains. When Persians came into the valley, they surrounded and attacked. Battle of Thermopylae 14. How did Xerxes get his soldiers across the water at Hellespont? Boat bridge 15. Who was going to attempt to stop the Persian navy? Athens 16. Who was going to attempt to stop the Persian army? Sparta 17. How did the landform of Thermopylae affect Sparta’s stand? Large Persian army had to squeeze through a narrow passage – nowhere to go 18. How did the Persian army manage to get behind the Spartan army? Traitor told of alternate route 19. Why did the 300 Spartans choose to fight to the end? To keep Persians distracted while most Spartans retreated. 20. What was their legacy? Their bravery Battle of Salamis 21. After citizens panicked, where did they go? Why? Citizens fled to the islands knowing that the Persians were coming to the mainland. 22. What happened to Athens? Burned to the ground 23. What was Themistocles’ trick? (1) promised to become Persian, and (2) 50% of his troops will surrender 24. What water way did the Athenians masterly navigate? Aegean Sea 25. Describe the Athenian strategy. Retreat into the channel and lure Persia into the channel. Attack from the back side. 26. How many Persian ships and Athenian ships were destroyed? 300:40 Battle of Plataea 27. What happened to the “ship-bridge” at Hellespont? Destroyed by a storm stranding Persians in Greece 28. What was meant by “common brotherhood”? Spartans and Athenians were now Greeks 29. What was the legacy of Plataea? Although many lives were lost, Greeks were able to remain independent.