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A Persian King, who sent 600 ships and thousands of soldiers to invade Greece and began the first Persian War
a) Leonidas
b) Darius
c) Salamis
d) Xerxes

an alliance of Athens and other city states formed to fight the Persians
a) Delian League
b) Peloponnesian League
c) assembly
d) oligarchy

Spartan military king who led a small force against a larger Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae during the Persian Wars. He sent the other city-states home and the 300 Spartans were defeated
a) Xerxes
b) Darius
c) Leonidas
d) Salamis

A battle in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians by sneak attack while the Persians were loading their ships.
a) Marathon
b) Salamis
c) Thremopylae
d) Peloponnesian Wars

War between Sparta and Athens due to Athens growing power
a) Marathon
b) Thremopylae
c) Peloponnesian Wars
d) Salamis

A series of wars in which Greek city-states battled the Persian Empire.
a) Salamis
b) Peloponnesian Wars
c) Persian Wars
d) Greek Wars

The final battle of the second Persian War in which Greece won. The large Persian ships could not maneuver around Athens wall of ships One of history’s greatest sea battles.
a) Salamis
b) Persian Wars
c) Peloponnesian War
d) Marathon

a mountain pass where after learning they were trapped, 300 Spartans lost their lives to the Persians. The Spartans gave up their lives for the lives of their fellow Greeks.
a) Salamis
b) Marathon
c) Thermopylae
d) Persian Wars

Son of Darius, invaded Greece during the Persian War
a) Xerxes
b) Darius
c) Leonidas
d) Salamis

A meeting place in Greece where a variety of activities took place.
a) agora
b) assembly
c) polis
d) vendor

a large, organized group of soldiers trained and armed for war.
a) helots
b) army
c) fleet
d) polis

A meeting of a group of people for open discussion
a) assembly
b) oligarchy
c) navy
d) fleet

A native born or naturalized member of a state or other country
a) citizen
b) helot
c) vendor
d) army

Group of ships under the same command
a) manuever
b) navy
c) fleet
d) polis

Spartan slaves
a) helots
b) vendor
c) agora
d) citizen

A movement that calls for planning and skill.
a) agora
b) assembly
c) polis
d) manuever

Armed forces designed for ocean warfare.
a) navy
b) army
c) fleet
d) oligarchy

A government ruled by a small group of people (like Sparta)
a) oligarchy
b) polis
c) democracy
d) citizen

early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding territory
a) polis
b) vendor
c) agora
d) helot

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
a) oligarchy
b) democracy
c) Athens
d) polis

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