The Greco-Persian Wars — Greece & Persia (490 BC, Greece & Persia) — Questions and answers

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How many Athenian and Plataean soldiers faced the Persian army at Marathon?

Choices

  1. 1,000 soldiers
  2. 5,000 soldiers
  3. 10,000 soldiers ✓
  4. 50,000 soldiers

Answer: 10,000 soldiers

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What did Darius I order to be built after he decided the Greeks defied Persia?

Choices

  1. A giant statue of himself
  2. A new city-state
  3. A massive fleet ✓
  4. A large palace in Greece

Answer: A massive fleet

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What did Themistocles urge the Athenians to do when he showed them the parchment?

Choices

  1. Build a new palace
  2. Strengthen their navy ✓
  3. Make friends with Persia
  4. Elect Aristides as leader

Answer: Strengthen their navy

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What critical weakness did Miltiades show Themistocles in the Persian battle line?

Choices

  1. Their shields were too heavy.
  2. Their flanks were vulnerable. ✓
  3. Their soldiers were tired.
  4. Their arrows were dull.

Answer: Their flanks were vulnerable.

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What stopped Darius I's plan for a massive campaign against Greece?

Choices

  1. He changed his mind.
  2. A rebellion cut his plan short. ✓
  3. His scribes refused to work.
  4. He ran out of clay tablets.

Answer: A rebellion cut his plan short.

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What did Xerxes I order engineers to build to link Asia to Europe?

Choices

  1. A large fleet of ships
  2. A new capital city
  3. A massive bridge ✓
  4. A giant wall

Answer: A massive bridge

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What did Leonidas say the Spartans sought, instead of tranquility?

Choices

  1. Peace
  2. Riches
  3. Glory ✓
  4. Friendship

Answer: Glory

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What was Themistocles' cunning plan for the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Salamis?

Choices

  1. To sail away and hide
  2. To ram the Persian ships ✓
  3. To surrender immediately
  4. To wait for more ships to arrive

Answer: To ram the Persian ships

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How did Xerxes feel after his dream of conquering Greece was shattered?

Choices

  1. Joyful
  2. Victorious
  3. Relieved
  4. Defeated ✓

Answer: Defeated

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What flourished in Athens after the Greco-Persian Wars, influencing political thought?

Choices

  1. A new empire
  2. Athenian democracy ✓
  3. Persian rule
  4. The art of war

Answer: Athenian democracy

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