Chapter 9 Section 1-Greek World

Chapter 9 Section 1-Greek World

By Amanda Gras

Read "If YOU were there..."

​Be ready to answer the question.

Read "Persia Becomes an Empire"

Quickly use the map on p. 261 to copy the conquered areas onto your map. Make sure you include the map key. Glue the map into your notebook on the next clean page.

What is the time period of the Persian Empire?​

Read "Cyrus the Great"

On the next slide you will answer a question by typing a description.

Open Ended

Describe the empire of Cyrus the Great. In your description also explain why peoples conquered by Cyrus the Great seldom rebelled.

Read about the Persian Empire

Darius

​​Political Organization

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Roads and a New Capital​

​​Persian Society

​Conquering the Indus Valley

​​Persian Expansion

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Multiple Choice

How did Darius I change Persia's political organization?

• He named himself as King over all the land and ruled with Legalism.

• He created an oligarchy.

• He organized the empire by dividing it into 20 provinces and chose satraps to rule each province.

• He called himself the President over the land and created a Democracy.

Fill in the Blanks

Persia's roads helped improve the empire's organization by using

to travel quickly throughout Persia.

The Persians Fight Greece

​Read this section next.

Open Ended

Why did Persia want to invade Greece?

Open Ended

How might the Persian Wars have ended if the Spartans had not slowed the Persians at Thermopylae?