Persia and Greece Review

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  1. 7. At this battle the Spartans destroyed the Athenian navy, cutting Athens off from their food supply and forcing them to surrender.
  2. 8. This battle of the Greco-Persian Wars was fought primarily by Athens, who won, even though they were very outnumbered.
  3. 10. The primary use of the Royal Road was to build an excellent ________________________ network.
  4. 14. The Persians made people happy to be a part of their empire by using _______________________ _________________.
  5. 16. The problem with studying Persian history is that was have to rely on __________________ sources.
  6. 17. These people gave the Greeks their warrior culture and some of their mythology/religion.
  7. 20. The primary effect of the Greco-Persian Wars was to lead to the ________________________ _______________________.
  8. 21. The Epic poems The Oddysey and The Iliad, by _________________________, established what it meant to be Greek.
  9. 22. The third king of Persia, who built the Royal Road.
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  1. 1. The Persian King of Kings who added Egypt to the Persian Empire.
  2. 2. The Greeks established these throughout the Mediterranean because they needed resources from other places, especially food.
  3. 3. These people gave the Greeks their seafaring and trade tradition.
  4. 4. These people gave the Greeks their alphabet.
  5. 5. The primary cause of the Greco-Persian Wars.
  6. 6. A local ruler in the Persian Empire who had the jobs of collecting taxes and providing soldiers to the Persian government.
  7. 9. The primary advantage that Sparta had in the Peloponnesian War was their strong land _______________________.
  8. 10. In Athens, you could only be a voting ______________________ if you were male, not a slave, educated, and had met education and military service requirements.
  9. 11. The form of government in Persia, along with lesser governors.
  10. 12. The Persian religion, whose primary importance is its effect on later religions.
  11. 13. The primary effect of the Peloponnesian War was to weaken all of Greece, allowing it to be conquered by Philip II of Macedonia.
  12. 15. The primary advantage that Athens had in the Peloponnesian War was their strong ______________________.
  13. 18. The founder of the Persian Empire, called "The Great."
  14. 19. Because of the mountainous geography of Greece, the different city-states were _______________________, leading each to form a different culture and society.