Chapter 7: Lesson 4: Glory, War, and Decline

In the 400s BC, the rule of Pericles was called

• the Dark Age.

• the Peloponnesian Age.

• the Golden Age.

• the Age of War.

The government of Athens eventually turned into a representative democracy like we have in the United States.

• True

• False

The Athenian citizens with political rights included

• women

• male shopkeepers and laborers

• first-born male children

• immigrants

Athens had many enslaved people who were captured during battle and became prisoners of Athens.

• True

• False

The Delian League lost power and influence because

• Pericles tried to take control of the League and other city-states who were members.

• Sparta joined the League and member city-states resigned, or quit, in protest.

• the Persians paid Greek city-states to resign from the League.

• Sparta took over the Delian League.

Historians call the war between Sparta and Athens the Peloponnesian War because Athens was located on the island of Peloponnesus.

• True

• False

Early in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta

• marched into Athens and burned it.

• attacked Athens with help from Persia.

• surrounded Athens, cutting off entry to the city-state.

• spread the plague in Athens on purpose.

In order to fight the Athenian navy, Sparta

• made an alliance with Crete.

• asked other city-states for money to build a navy.

• borrowed ships from other members of the Delian League.

• formed an alliance with Persia.

Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.

• True

• False

Which of the following statements is true about the Peloponnesian War?

• Spartan and Persian soldiers fought side-by-side against Athens.

• A plague in Athens killed many people, including Pericles.

• Persia sent its navy in support of Sparta.

• When the Spartan navy was defeated, the city-state could no longer get supplies.