1.Word War 1 brought the "modern age True
False

2.WW2 is referred to as the Great War.

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False

3.Germany was a new nation, only 40 years old when WW1 start

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False

4.Germany attacked Poland which caused America to join WW2

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False

5.Germany performed an Air Attack on Britain which started a three month battle

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False

6.Germany, Italy and Japan were known as the Allies during WW2

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False

The persians landed in the plains near athens. as their army greatly outnumbered that of the greeks, the greeks hoped to find aid from nearby sparta. a long-distance runner named pheidippides was sent from athens to sparta to request , but the spartans were not able to send more soldiers at the time. regardless, the greeks were still able to win the battle. centuries later, legend developed that a runner had been sent from the battle to athens after the greek victory. after reaching athens, the runner proclaimed, "we are victorious! " and then fell to the ground and died. this legendary story is the inspiration for the modern long-distance runs that are performed today. this passage refers to the events of which battle during the persian wars? a. battle of thermopylae b. battle of salamis c. battle of plataea d. battle of marathon