Greek Politics and War

Who was the Macedonian king who conquered Persia?

• Leonidas

• Pericles

• Xerxes

• Alexander

Who was the Spartan king who led 300 soldiers into battle?

• Pericles

• Leonidas

• Darius I

• Alexander

Who was the Persian king who led them into the Battle of Marathon?

• Xerxes

• Leonidas

• Darius I

• Alexander

What is a group of armed foot soldiers in Ancient Greece arranged close together in rows called?

• Direct democracy

• Phalanx

• Hoplite

• Representative Democracy

All citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

Who was the leader who made Athens more democratic?

• Leonidas

• Pericles

• Alexander

• Xerxes

Citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

Who invaded Greece with 200,000 troops at the Battle of Thermopylae?

• Xerxes

• Leonidas

• Darius I

• Alexander

Sparta was finally able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War

• when they received assistance from Macedonia

• by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city

• because they killed the leaders of the Athenian army

• by burning the city

Who took over Greece after the end of the Peloponnesian War?

• Philip II

• Xerxes

• Leonidas

• Darius I