Social Studies - Ch. 10 Guided Reading Questions pp. 168 - 176

Social Studies – Chapter 10 Guided Reading Questions pp. 168 - 176
Answer each question thoroughly and use this as an additional study tool

1. Explain what these two leaders did as reformers of the Athenian government.
A. Draco



B. Peisistratus



2. Compare the details of Solon’s constitution and Cleistrienes constitution.
Solon’s Constitution Cleisthene’s Constitution

















3. Why did Darius of Persia begin a series of wars against the Greeks?





4. Describe how the Athenians were able to win the battle at Marathon. (Tell 2-3 events.)







5. Why did Sparta and other city-states decide to help Athens fight the Persians?



6. Tell 3-4 main events involving Xerxes’ army and the Greeks at the battle at Thermopylae.








7. Explain how the Greeks were finally able to win the war against the Persians.







8. Explain how the Delian League led Athens to eventually have a powerful empire.







9. Tell 2 or more things Pericles accomplished in Athens.






8. What were the causes and effects of the Peloponnesian War? (Make a list of 2-3 main things)






10. List two (or more) events that caused the decline of Athens’s powerful influence.





11. On pp. 175-176 explain what led to the fall of the Greek city-states. (Tell 2 or more things)