7-3 Greece & Persia

Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?

• Xerxes
• Herodotus
• Themistocles
• Cyrus

Persian King Darius I

• centralized the government by doing away with separate governors in each province.
• sent the Zoroastrians into exile.
• established a citizen army to serve during times of war.
• reorganized the Persian government to make it more efficient.

Cyrus the Great held his growing empire together by

• establishing harsh military rule.
• limiting travel between provinces.
• treating conquered people fairly.
• building strong fortresses in each conquered land.

Under King Cyrus, in the 540s B.C., the Persian Empire conquered the lands of Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and

• Athens
• Sparta
• Crete
• Mesopotamia

Which factors led to the decline of the Persian Empire?

• The army was weakened after losses to Greece, and rulers disagreed about who should have power.
• The people began to rebel against the Persian kings, causing a long series of civil wars.
• A series of natural disasters (droughts and earthquakes) devastated the Persian homeland.
• The king’s sons plotted to take over the throne, causing a civil war.

Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae

• Cyrus
• Darius I
• Xerxes
• Leonidas

Religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion

• Cyrus
• Zoroaster
• Xerxes
• Leonidas

Reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into satrapies

• Cyrus
• Darius I
• Xerxes
• Leonidas

King from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae

• Cyrus
• Darius I
• Xerxes
• Leonidas

Expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army

• Cyrus
• Darius I
• Xerxes
• Leonidas