GREECE TEST 4

2. How did Themistocles trick the Athenians into building a navy?

• be saying we need it to fight the Spartans
• by saying we need a navy to fight the Persians
• by saying we need a navy to fight the rival city-state of Aegina
• by saying a navy is the only way to defend Athens as all the hoplites were killed at Marathon

1. What did the Athenians want to do with the 10,000 pounds of silver they found in Athens?

• give it to the Spartans
• give it to the Persians
• split the wealth with all the citizens of Athens
• develop hoplite armor

5. What message did the Greeks receive from the oracle at Delphi?

• that their land would always be rich and prosperous
• that in order to beat the Persians the Spartans had to lose a king
• only through the guidance of Ares would they be able to defeat the Persians
• that Athena would guide and protect them

Who was the leader of the Persian forces during the Battle of Thermopylae?

• Artaxerxes I

• Darius I

• Cyrus the Great

• Xerxes I

8. Why was Thermopylae chosen by the Greeks as the battleground?

• because it was a narrow area and the Persians would not be able to take advantage of their superior numbers
• because the Greeks had many allies there
• because the Greeks wanted to fight on the wide open field at Thermopylae
• because that is where Zeus told them to go

6. Where did Leonidas bring the Greeks?

• back to Sparta
• to the isthmus
• to Athens
• to Thermopylae

15. What did Leonidas order once the Greeks were surrounded, and why did he give this order?

• to stay in the phalanx formation, it was the only chance they had to win
• to run to the sea, because the battle was lost
• he ordered the rest of the Greeks back to their city-states. The Spartans would remain. The reason for this was he wanted to save as many soldiers as possible for future battles
• to hide in the mountains where they would hope to ambush the Persians

4. How did Xerxes cross the Hellespont?

• by ferrying his men across
• by marching over the mountains
• on a bridge of boats
• by using horses and camels

22. What did the Spartans want to do, and what did Themistocles do to make sure a battle was fought at Salamis?

• attack right away, capture the Persian's supplies
• run away, kill the most important Persian general
• go back to defend the isthmus, send a slave to the Persian camp to provide them will false information that the Greeks were about to leave Salamis, and if the Persians attacked immediately they would have an easy victory
• go attack Persia in Asia Minor, told Xerxes what the Spartans had planned on doing

24. Who won the Persian War?

• Greece
• Persia