Name__________________________ Period_____ The Last Stand of the 300

Directions: You will be watching a long documentary on the Last Stand of the 300. This
is what really happened at that battle. In order to get credit for this packet, you will need to fill out 75% of the questions listed. The movie will be pause at many different points to help you have time to get questions answered. 1. Why was King Xerxes (Zerk-sees) of Persia trying to invade Greece? 2. What would happen to Democracy in Athens if captured by the Persians? (Pause @ 4:34) 1. How big is the pass at Thermopylae? 2. Why does the narrow pass hurt the big Persian Army? 3. This is the first time that the Greeks fought together, which two city-states are the main groups helping fight the battle? 4. The battle is not just fought with soldiers on land, how else is the battle fought? (Pause 10:30) 2 1. What do they do to Spartan babies who have a defect? 2. What is training like for Spartan boys? List at least 3 things you saw in the video that the boys have to go through to become soldiers? a. b. c. 3. They talk about the city-states several times. What is different about the way the city-states of Greece fought this battle? (Pause 21:33)

1. The Spartans ask an Oracle if they should go fight. What does the Oracle do for the Spartans? 2. How many soldiers does Sparta allow to go fight in the battle? 3. The Persian empire is the worlds largest, its starts in __________________ and stretches all the way to _______________ (name the 2 countries). 4. Why are the Persians so upset with Athens? 5. What happens at the Battle of Marathon?

Name__________________________ Period_____ The Last Stand of the 300

5b. How do the Greeks tell the people in Athens what happened at Marathon?

(Pause 34:00) 1. How did Xerxes get this troops across the water? 2. How does having the battle at the small pass help the Greeks? 3. The Phalanx is the name of the way the Greeks fight. What kinds of battle gear do the Greeks use to help them fight? 4. How did the Spartans do on the first day of the battle? (Pause 48:00) 1. Themistocles is the name of the man in charge of the sea battle. Why did he decide to attack the Persian ships in the afternoon not the morning? 2. Why did the Greeks become such good sailors? 3. Why did Themistocles think it was important for Athens to have such a big Navy?

4. What was use to make the Greek ships move? 5. How did the ships try to sink each other in a fight? (Pause @ 57:00) 1. What happens to the Persian Navy that helps the Greeks?

2. What is the name of the Special soldiers that the Persians use to attack on the second day of the battle? 3. How do the Spartans do on the 2nd day of the battle? 4. What do the Persians do in order to beat the Greeks after the 2nd day of battle?

5. Where there really just 300 soldiers left for the last stand? (Pause 1:15) 1. Why are the Spartans cleaning themselves before the last day of battle?

Name__________________________ Period_____ The Last Stand of the 300 2. How is Leonidas killed? 3. What City do the Persians try to burn to the ground?

4. In the end, are the Persians able to take over Greece?

Stop Video at the end 1. How did this war against Persia unite the Greeks? Explain in 2-3 sentences what the Greeks city states were like before the battle, and how things changed because of the war with Persia?