Persian War Battles

Who fought in the Persian Wars?

• Athens and Sparta

• Greeks and Persians

• Greeks and Macedonians

• Persians and Marathon

Who won the Battle of Marathon?

• Persians

• Greeks

Who won the Battle of Salamis?

• Persians

• Greeks

What is one reason why the Persians decided to enter the Peloponnesian War?

• The Persians didn't like the Athenian leader Pericles.

• The Persians were upset that the Athenians built the Parthenon.

• The Persians were still upset from losing previous battles and they saw the weakness that resulted from Athens and Sparta fighting each other.

• The Persians did not enter the Peloponnesian War.

Which wars does Herodotus describe in this excerpt?

• Greek Wars

• Athenian Wars

• Persian Wars

• European Wars

What was the final battle of the Persian War?

• The Battle of Marathon

• The Battle of Thermopylae

• The Battle of Salamis

• The Battle of Plataea

​​ (a)   wars between Greece and the Persian Empire

• Homer

• Persian Wars

• Peloponnesian War

• Hellenistic

• Trojan War

• aristocracy

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• democracy

• Sandal War

The conflict between Persia and the Greek city-states between 499-479 BCE is known as

• Peloponnesian War

• The Battle of Marathon

• The Persian Wars

• All of the above

Who fought each other in the Persian Wars?

• Sparta and Athens

• The Greeks and the Persians

• The Romans and the Greeks

• The Egyptians and the Spartans

The following information describes which battle of the Persian wars: Narrow mountain pass where Persians attacked Athens from behind and then burned Athens.

• Thermopylae

• Salamis

• Plataea

• Marathon