Starter quiz
- What were the battles that the Persians lost against the Ancient Greeks?
- Marathon ✓
- Thermopylae
- Salamis ✓
- Athens
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- What is a messenger who carries messages by running between places called?
- 'a runner' ✓
- Match the battle to the correct piece of information.
- Marathon⇔the Persians attacked by sea ✓
- Thermopylae⇔the Persians invaded by land ✓
- Salamis⇔the Persians and Greeks had a sea-battle ✓
- What did the Persians do after Thermopylae?
- they stayed in Thermopylae and built settlements
- they quickly made their way to Athens ✓
- they stole valuable items and returned home
- they burned the acropolis to the ground ✓
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- When did the Battle of Salamis take place?
- 48 BCE
- 48 CE
- 480 BCE ✓
- 480 CE
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- How did the Greeks win the Battle at Salamis?
- They had far more ships and men and so over-powered the Persians.
- They pretended to retreat towards the narrow strait of Salamis. ✓
- They had better and stronger weapons than the Persians.
- They blocked the Persians in the straight of Salamis and ambushed them. ✓
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Exit quiz
- What is a country or state that is ruled by a king or queen called?
- 'a kingdom ' ✓
- What was the name of the kingdom in the north east of Ancient Greece that the Persian Empire had conquered?
- Athens
- Macedon ✓
- Sparta
- Thebes
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- Who took over the throne when the Greeks won Macedon back from the Persians in 359 BCE?
- King Augustus
- King Phillip II ✓
- King Xerxes
- King Darius
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- What did King Philip suggest to other important rulers of Ancient Greek city-states?
- they would be stronger if they became one city-state
- they would become stronger if they didn't work together
- they would be stronger if they became allies ✓
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- Choose the correct word to complete the sentence. King Phillip II created the __________ of Corinth in about 338 BCE to defeat the Persians completely.
- Law
- Promise
- Oath
- League ✓
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- Which of the below statements about Alexander are correct?
- He was not known to be a very strong soldier.
- He was the new king of Macedon at 20 years old. ✓
- He was not known to be very well educated.
- He set out to conquer the Persian Empire. ✓
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Key learning points
- During the wars between Greece and Persia the north-eastern Greek kingdom of Macedon had ended up under Persian control.
- Eventually the Greeks of Macedon pushed the Persians out and Alexander's father, Philip came to rule as King of Macedon.
- Philip built Macedon into a powerful kingdom, convincing other city-states to join him, creating the League of Corinth.
- Philip created the League of Corinth to defeat Persia once and for all, but he was murdered before he could achieve it.
- Philip's son Alexander, tutored by Aristotle from Athens, was now King of Macedon and led Greece against Persia.
Common misconception
That the Kingdom of Macedon and the modern republic of North Macedonia are the same place.
Although North Macedonia's name stems from Macedon, they are not exactly the same location. Most of North Macedonia was part of Macedon, but Macedon also covered large parts of what is now northern Greece, southern Bulgaria and eastern Albania.
Keywords
Macedon - Macedon was a kingdom in the north east of Ancient Greece
Kingdom - a country or state that is ruled by a king or queen is a kingdom
Persia - the civilisation that rivalled Ancient Greece to its east was Persia, sometimes called the Persian Empire
League - a league is a group of people or places that have a shared interest
Murder - murder is a crime, and it is when a person or persons choose to end the life of another person