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The Persian Wars Webquest
Go to the following website on the Persian wars and answer the questions below for each
section: http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/persian/
1. Croesus
a. What modern day county was Lydia in? (Look on the map on the first
introduction page)
b. King Croesus of Lydia controlled some Greek city-states in Asia Minor.
Those Greeks were allowed to govern themselves as long as they did
what?
2. Persia
a. What happened to Lydia?
b. How did the Greeks feel about their new leader and why?
c. Click the link to the map. Name three modern-day countries that the
Persian empire controlled.
3. Darius of Persia
a. How did Darius feel about Greece?
4. The Ionian Revolt
a. How did the Ionian Revolt begin?
5. The Revolt is Crushed
a. Which mainland Greek city-state helped the revolt against the Persians?
b. What happened to Aristagoras and Miletus?
6. Aftermath
a. Why was Athens worried after the revolt was crushed?
7. The First Persian Invasion
a. How did Sparta feel about the advancing Persians?
b. What happened when Darius personally invaded and how close were the
Persians to Athens?
8. Battle of Marathon – Preparations
a. What was the ratio of Persians-to-Greeks?
b. Why didn’t the Spartans come to help?
c. What Athenian general would lead the Greeks into battle?
9. Battle of Marathon
a. What was Miltiades strategy?
10. Marathon Aftermath
a. Why was it important to get word back to Athens of the result of the Battle
at Marathon?
b. How was this done?
c. How did the Persian react to the Greek strategy of having citizens stand
guard on the city walls?
11. Marathon Results
a. How did Themistocles military vision for Athens different than before?
12. Persia Readies for War
a. Who was Xerxes and what did he do to get ready to attack Greece?
13. Xerxes Invades
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a. How did Xerxes get his huge army across the Bosporus Straights into
mainland Greece?
b. What was a main problem for Xerxes and his army?
c. How did Themistocles finally convince Athenians they needed a large
Navy to defeat Persia?
14. The Greeks Unite…or Not
a. How many men and ships did the Persians have?
b. How many men and ships did the Greeks have?
c. Why did Sparta only take 300 men north to fight the Persians?
d. Who was the Spartan leader?
e. Why was it important to delay Xerxes and his army from advancing on
Athens?
15. Thermopylae
a. Why was Thermopylae a good place to fight the Persians?
b. What was the overall strategy?
16. Waiting
a. What did the Persian scouts see of the Spartan army?
17. Battle of Thermopylae
a. Who were the Immortals?
b. Why was Xerxes frustrated?
18. Betrayal
a. What gave the Persians the upper-hand at Thermopylae?
b. What was the result?
19. Results of Thermopylae
a. Although the Greeks lost, in what ways was the defeat at Thermopylae a
positive?
20. Xerxes Moves South
a. What happened to the city of Athens?
b. Who was left in Athens?
c. Look at the map, why was Salamis a good place for the Athenian navy to
fight?
21. Battle of Salamis
a. What did Xerxes see as he sat on his throne on the hill overlooking the
Straights of Salamis?
b. What was the response of Xerxes to the outcome of the battle?
22. Battle of Plataea
a. How did the Persian wars end?
b. Why is it important that the Greeks “gained other victories in Asia
Minor”?
23. Results of the Persian Wars
a. Ultimately what were the consequences of the Persian Wars? In other
words, what did it allow the Greeks?