Ancient Greece Quiz Section 2: Greco-Persian Wars

Persia became an empire under the leadership of which leader?

• Darius the Great
• Xerxes I
• Cyrus the Great
• Alexander the Great

Why did the Greeks care about what happened to Ionia?

• Ionia was a region known for its deserts and lack of resources, so the Greeks wanted to exploit it for its riches.
• The Greeks were not concerned with Ionia as it was a distant and insignificant territory.
• Ionia was a region inhabited by non-Greek tribes, so the Greeks had no emotional attachment to it.
• Ionia was a region with Greek colonies and cultural significance, and the Ionian Greeks were considered part of the larger Greek community.

What caused Darius to first become angry with the Greeks & attack Greece?

• Support for the Ionian Revolt against Persian rule
• Disagreements on cultural practices
• Trade disputes over the Mediterranean Sea
• Competition for resources in the Black Sea region

Darius's invasion of Greece began what war?

• Greco-Persian Wars
• Punic Wars
• Thirty Years' War
• Peloponnesian War

Understand each battle:

a. What was an advantage that Greece had over the Persians in the Battle of

Marathon?

b. What happened at the Battle of Thermopylae?

c. Which factors most affected the outcome of the Battle of Salamis?

d. Why was the Battle of Plataea important?

• a. Superior armor and tactics; b. Last stand by a small Greek force; c. Greek knowledge of local waters and Persian overconfidence; d. Ended the Persian invasion of Greece
• The Battle of Salamis was won due to Persian superior tactics
• The Battle of Thermopylae was a Greek victory
• Greece had fewer soldiers than the Persians

What was an important result of the Greco-Persian wars?

• Establishment of a unified Greek empire
• Expansion of Persian territory into Greece
• Complete annihilation of Greek culture
• Preservation of Greek independence and spread of Greek culture