The Peloponnesian Wars

Question 1

What were some of Pericles’s achievements? Choose four correct answers.

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B: He helped the spread of democracy.; C: He ordered the building of the Parthenon.; E: He rebuilt Athens after it had been ruined by war.; F: He made Athens a center for learning and the arts.

Question 2

Question 2

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Question 3

What caused Sparta to want to go to war with Athens?

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B: Sparta was worried that Athens was becoming too strong.

Question 4

What caused other city-states to join Sparta in the war against Athens?

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C: Athens used money from the Delian League treasury to rebuild Athens.

Question 5

Which statement describes Sparta’s strategy for the Peloponnesian War?

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B: Sparta ruined Athens’s farmland to try to get Athens to fight on land.

Question 6

What made Athens difficult to attack directly?

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C: Athens was secured by walls and the city center was on top of a hill.

Question 7

Why was it important for Athens to have a good navy?

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D: Transportation in the area was mostly by sea.

Question 8

What effect did the Peloponnesian War have on democracy?

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C: It ended democracy in Athens when Sparta replaced it with an oligarchy.

Question 9

What effect did the Peloponnesian War have on the city-states?

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C: It weakened the city-states through the loss of life and the ruining of land.

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