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Study Guide for Chapter 11 section 1 “War in Ancient Greece”
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Use this document as a guide to help you prepare for the quiz. If you know these terms,
people, events, locations and answers to these questions, you will be well prepared for the
quiz.
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Terms to know:
“golden age” of Athens
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alliance
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Delian League
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Peloponnesian League
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People to know:
Darius I
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Xerxes
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Leonidas
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Themistocles
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Pericles
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Locations/battles to know:
Battle of Marathon (1st Persian War)
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Battle at Thermopylae (2 Persian War)
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Battle at Salamis (3 Persian War)
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Peloponnesian War
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Sicily (Whose side were the Sicilians on?)
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Concepts to know:
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What started the conflicts between Persia and Greece?
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What were the military strengths of Athens vs Sparta?
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Why were some city-states that were members of the Delian League unhappy with
Athens?
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How did the Athenians manage to initially hold off the Spartan invasion into their city?
(hint: wall & port city)
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What led the Spartans to end their first yearlong siege upon Athens?
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Ironically, the Persians came into the conflict between Athens and Sparta. Whose side do
they take and how to they assist their former enemy?
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Who won the Peloponnesian War? What was the overall outcome of this 27-year feud for
all of Greece?
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