PIB World History 2015 Persian War Exam Part 2a
1. What was the name of the man who suggested the Spartans live as a wolf pack and feed
off of others instead of themselves?
2. What was the name of the Greek infantry’s fighting formation of heavily armed and
armored spearmen called?
3. What tyrant of Ionia caused the Ionian Revolt?
4. What city-state did he rule?
5. He asked the satrap of Lydia to approve of his plan to conquer a Greek island. What was
the satrap’s name?
6. What was the island’s name?
7. The plan was approved and the expedition set sail in what year?
8. What was the name of the trouble-making tyrant’s father-in-law?
9. After the failure of the expedition, the tyrant called upon the peoples of Ionia to rebel
against the Persian Empire. Please give two specific reasons that the people were willing
to do so.
10. What king of Sparta, father of Gorgo, declined to be bribed into joining the rebels
against the Persians?
11. What two city-states from across the Aegean Sea did send help to the Ionian rebels?
12. One of these cities decided to help in part because an ex-tyrant of theirs was now allied
with the Persians. What was his name?
13. In 498 the rebels committed a daring and successful attack against an important city of
the Persians. What was its name?
14. In the wake of the failed Ionian Revolt, Darius sent his son-in-law to subdue Thrace and
Macedon. What was his name?
15. In what year did he successfully carry out this mission, but also decided against moving
farther south to invade mainland Greece?
16. What event convinced him to turn back his army and where did it occur?
17. Darius immediately ordered another invasion of Greece to punish the two city-states
that had come to Ionia’s aide. In what year did that invasion take place?
18. What two men were placed in co-command of the expedition?
19. What city-state found itself under siege and sent word to their nearby neighbors the
Athenians begging for help?
20. What was the name of the Olympic running champion the Athenians dispatched to
Sparta to ask for their assistance?
21. What answer did the Spartan’s give and why?
22. One of the Persian commanders continued with the siege of Athens’s neighbor while
the other, and admiral, landed half of the Persian troops near Marathon. What was this
admiral’s name?
23. In addition to the Athenians, what other city-state stood against the Persians at
Marathon?
24. What was the name of the commander of the Greek forces on the day of the battle?
25. What was one mistake the Persian commander made during or before the battle?
26. On what specific date did the battle occur?
27. State EITHER the total men lost by the Persians OR the Athenians.
28. Name something Themistocles did before the invasion by Xerxes that ultimately helped
the Greeks defeat the Persians.
29. What troubling event shortly after Marathon distracted Darius from launching another
invasion against Greece?
30. In what year did Xerxes inherit the throne of the Persian Empire?
31. The famous bridge Xerxes ordered built crossed what body of water?
32. What Greek engineer is said to have designed it and overseen its construction?
33. What was the name of the narrow pass where the Greeks led by 300 Spartans sought to
delay Xerxes’s southward march?
34. On what three days of what year was this battle fought?
35. What was the name of the nearby sea battle fought during the same time?
36. What happened to cause the Greeks to lose the battle for the pass on the third day?
37. Describe the main advantage on land and sea that the Persians had and upon which
their strategy was based?
38. What was the Greek strategy designed to counter this Persian advantage.
39. What advice, on a second reading, did the Oracle at Delphi give to the Athenians?
40. What was the name for the Persian troops of the royal bodyguard?
41. In a sentence or two, describe Themistocles’s plan for defeating the Persians at Salamis?
42. What was the name of the Spartan admiral at Salamis?
43. On what date did the battle of Salamis occur?
44. What was the name of the female admiral that fought on the Persian side during
Salamis and of what city-state was she the queen?
45. What part of the Persian fleet was sent to trap the Greeks ships and prevent them from
retreating?
46. On what date did the battle of Plataea occur?
47. What caused the Greeks to retreat from their fortified position during the previous
night?
48. What was the name of the leader of the Greeks at Plataea?
49. What Spartan caused the all-out charge of the Greek forces against the Persians?
50. What dramatic and sudden event ended the battle, causing the Persians to panic and
flee?