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The Peloponnesian Wars Answers

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

A
He defeated Sparta in a major war.
B
He helped the spread of democracy.
C
He ordered the building of the Parthenon.
D
He helped form the Peloponnesian League.
E
He rebuilt Athens after it had been ruined by war.
F
He made Athens a center for learning and the arts.
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What caused Sparta to want to go to war with Athens?

A
Athens demanded tribute from Sparta.
B
Sparta was worried that Athens was becoming too strong.
C
Sparta wanted to expand its size and Athens controlled a lot of land.
D
Athens launched a surprise attack on Sparta for not joining the Delian League.
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What caused other city-states to join Sparta in the war against Athens?

A
Other city-states wanted the farmland that Athens controlled.
B
Smaller city-states were afraid of Sparta and joined against their will.
C
Athens used money from the Delian League treasury to rebuild Athens.
D
The Spartan navy promised to protect city-states around the Aegean Sea.
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Which statement describes Sparta’s strategy for the Peloponnesian War?

A
Sparta used its navy to attack Athens along the coastline.
B
Sparta ruined Athens’s farmland to try to get Athens to fight on land.
C
Sparta sailed around the peninsula to attack Athens from two sides.
D
Sparta attacked Athens directly and attempted to knock down the walls.
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What made Athens difficult to attack directly?

A
Athens was located far away from other city-states.
B
The harbor of Athens was protected by tall mountains.
C
Athens was secured by walls and the city center was on top of a hill.
D
Athens was on an island and was protected by water on all sides.
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Why was it important for Athens to have a good navy?

A
Athens was located on an island.
B
Sparta was likely to attack by sea.
C
They needed a way to quickly flee the city.
D
Transportation in the area was mostly by sea.
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What effect did the Peloponnesian War have on democracy?

A
It spread democracy to Sparta and a few other small city-states.
B
It helped democracy spread to many city-states around the Aegean Sea.
C
It ended democracy in Athens when Sparta replaced it with an oligarchy.
D
It strengthened democracy in Athens, but it stopped the spread to the city-states.
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What effect did the Peloponnesian War have on the city-states?

A
It brought the city-states together into a newly formed empire.
B
It left the city-states mostly the same as they were before the war.
C
It weakened the city-states through the loss of life and the ruining of land.
D
It expanded the city-states to cover more territory around the Aegean Sea.

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