The Peloponnesian Wars and Socrates

Before the Peloponnesian War began, Sparta

• was worried that Athens was becoming too powerful.

• watched with concern as Athens built its empire.

• resented Athenian attempts to push Athenian-style democracy onto other Greek city-states.

• All of the above

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Sparta and several of its allies came together to form the

• Delian League.

• Spartan Army.

• Peloponnesian League.

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The devastating war lasted for more than 25 years and eventually put an end to the _______________ ______________.

• Spartan empire.

• Athenian empire.

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Who was the leader of Athens when the war began?

• Pericles

• King Leonidas

• Alcibiades

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While the Spartans were trying to make the Athenians fight, the Athenians would do what?

• burn down their farmlands

• sail across the Aegean Sea

• stay behind the walls they had built

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By ordering Athenians to stay behind the walls, Pericles was trying to

• kill the Spartans.

• keep the Athenians from having a major land battle.

• contain the plague.

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What happened to the Athenian country people and farmers?

• Pericles ordered the Athenian army to raid their villages.

• Pericles ordered them to leave their farms and take refuge in the city.

• The Spartans killed them.

What did the Spartans do to the deserted Athenian countryside?

• They grew crops there to feed their soldiers.

• They set up camps there.

• They burned the farmhouses and the crops in the field.

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Why did the Spartans burn the farmhouses and crops in the Athenian fields?

• to lure the Athenians into battle

• to make the Athenians poor

• to starve the Athenians

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What was the effect of the Spartan's burning the crops in the fields?

• The Spartans couldn't find any food.

• The Athenians came out from behind the walls and fought the Spartans.

• The Spartans went inside the Athenian walls and raided the Athenian's food supply.