Past HSC Questions – Greek World 500-440BC.
2001 HSC
Question 35 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Explain the methods used by the Athenians to transform the Delian League into the Athenian
Empire.
OR
(b) Assess Themistocles’ role in the Greek defeat of the Persians in 480–479 BC.
Question 54 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Explain the main features of the development of Athenian naval power in this period.
OR
(b) Explain the causes of the First Peloponnesian War.
2002 HSC
Question 35 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Assess the reasons for the victory of the Greeks in the Second Persian War (480–479 BC).
OR
(b) Assess the significance of Cimon to the Greek world during this period.
Question 54 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Account for the transformation of the Delian League into the Athenian empire.
OR
(b) Account for the development of Athenian democracy during this period.
2003 HSC
Question 35 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Assess the contributions of Miltiades and Themistocles to the Persian Wars.
OR
(b) Explain the origins and activities of the Delian League during this period.
Question 54 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Assess the significance of naval power in the conflicts between Greeks and Persians in this period.
OR
(b) Assess the contributions of Aristides (the Just) and Cimon to Athens during this period.
2004 HSC
Question 35 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Explain the reasons for the defeat of Persia in 490 BC and 480–479 BC.
OR
(b) Explain the development and impact of the Athenian empire.
Question 54 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Assess the contributions and impact of Sparta and its leaders during the Persian Wars.
OR
(b) Explain the development and nature of Athenian democracy during the period.
Past HSC Questions – Greek World 500-440BC.
2005 HSC
Question 35 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Evaluate the impact and contributions of Themistocles in this period.
OR
(b) Explain the transformation of the ‘Delian League’ into the Athenian empire.
Question 54 — Option J – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Assess the significance of TWO military events in the course of the Persian Wars.
OR
(b) Explain the impact and contributions of Cimon in this period.
2006 HSC (new format)
Question 33 — Option H – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Assess the contribution of Miltiades and Leonidas to the course of the Persian Wars.
OR
(b) Explain the origins and organisation of the Delian League.
2007 HSC
Question 33 — Option H – Greece: The Greek world 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Assess the importance of naval battles in the course of the Persian Wars.
OR
(b) Explain the roles and contributions of Aristides the Just and Cimon to the Delian League.
2008 HSC
Question 33 — Option H – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) Assess the impact of the Persian Wars on Sparta.
OR
(b) Explain the changing relationship between Athens and its allies during this period.
2009 HSC
Question 33 — Option H – Greece: The Greek World 500–440 BC (25 marks)
(a) To what extent was Themistocles responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian Wars?
OR
(b) To what extent did the Delian League fulfil its aims?