Chapter 28 Test

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Why did King Darius ask for presents of Greek earth and water?

such girts would mean that the Greeks had accepted Persian rule

What the outcome of the Ionian Revolt?

the Persian army punished the Ionians

What happened at the battle of Thermopylae?

the Persians defeated the Spartans

After the Persians burned Athens to the ground, how did the Athenians continue to fight?

they used their navy

Why did Xerxes cross the Hellespont?

to go from Asia to Europe

Suppose an Athenian solider wrote this passage. about 480 B.C.E. What does this passage indicate? " i will stand shoulder to shoulder with the brave men of Greece- Spartans as well as my fellow Athenians- and fight to the death, if that is what it takes to stop the Persians.

Athenians and Spartans would join to fight a common enemy

The Persian Empire began in present-day...

Iran

Which of these factors most affected the outcome of the Battle of Salamis?

Greek knowledge of local waterways

Wy idd the Greeks care about what happened to Ionia?

Greeks had established wealthy settlements in Ionia

What was one reason Persia attacked Greece?

Persia wanted revenge

To defeat the Persians at Marathon, the greeks made use of...

a narrow valley

What was the advantage that Greece had over the Persians?

better strategy

How did the Persian Empire expand its territory?

by paying others to join it

When Darius sent cavalry across the sea by boat, what must have been in the boats?

horses

Why was the battle of Plataea important?

it ended the Persian wars


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