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The first historian to try to
Separate fact from legend and
Document the Persian Wars was
a) Thales
b) Pericles
c) Aristotle
d) Herodotus
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The Persian King Darius
Demanded what two items
From the Greeks to show they
Would accept him as their king
a) Money & Slaves
b) Earth & Water
c) Ships & Olives
d) Olives & Money
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An important Greek victory
That showed the Greeks that
They could defeat Persia was
a) Marathon
b) Aegeospotami
c) Thermopylae
d) Granicus
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Sparta’s most glorious defeat
Where 300 Spartans fought to
The last man was
a) Marathon
b) Salamis
c) Hastings
d) Thermopylae
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Greece’s golden age took place
After the Persian Wars during
Which time period
a) Mid 700’s BC
b) Mid 700’s AD
c) Mid 400’s BC
d) Mid 400’s AD
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What did the oracle at Delphi
Say would save Athens from
The Persians
a) Wooden walls
b) Wooden horse
c) The Gods
d) Stone Walls
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Which of the following was a
Sea battle and Greek victory
a) Thermopylae
b) Salamis
c) Plataea
d) Marathon
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What was the name of the
Greek runner who delivered
The news about Marathon
a) Pericles
b) Leonidas
c) Themistocles
d) Phidippides
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Approximately how many troops did
The Persians lose at the battle of
Marathon.
a) 1,000,000
b) 200
c) 6,000
d) 50,000
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Who was the king of Persia
During the battle at
Thermopylae
a) Darius
b) Pericles
c) Militades
d) Xerxes
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The last battle of the Persian
Wars took place at _______ &
was a Greek victory.
a) Plataea
b) Aegospotami
c) Salamis
d) Marathon
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The Persian ruler who invaded
Greece & led the Persians at
Marathon was
a) Xerxes
b) Alexander
c) Darius
d) Pericles
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Approximately what year did
The Persian wars begin
a) 490 AD
b) 490 BC
c) 470 BC
d) 470 AD
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What event started the
Persian Wars
a) Ionian revolt
b) Paris stole Helen
c) Sparta attacked Troy
d) Pericles insulted Darius
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The Spartan general who led
the 300 soldiers at Thermopylae
& whose name means little lion
was
a) Leonidas
b) Xerxes
c) Darius
d) Themistocles
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