Persia - Greece -Rome

Persia is known for what:

• Building thousands of roads (The Royal Road)
• Inventing Gunpowder
• City-States
• Having pharoahs

Which of the following was NOT a leader of the Persian Empire?

• Cyrus the Great
• Darius I
• Napoleon
• Xerxes

Zoroastrianism is a religion founded during the Persian Empire. What was its main belief?

• Belief in one God
• Belief in many Gods
• Belief in 2 opposing forces (Good & Evil)
• Belief in karma and reincarnation

The Persian Empire fought against Greek city-states in the Persian Wars. What was the result?

• Persia won & united all city-states
• Greek city-states won & Persia eventually conquered by Alexander the Great
• Greek city-states won & gave back Persia their territory
• No one won & they never fought again

Alexander the Great claimed territory all across Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia except:

• Greece and City-States
• Persian Empire
• Egypt
• Western Europe

What culture is a blend of Greek, Persian, and Egyptian (Middle-Eastern) cultures?

• Greek
• Roman
• Hellenistic
• Ancient

The Geography of Greece makes it difficult for them to grow crops so they relied on:

• Fishing
• Trade
• Hunting
• Gathering

What is a city-state (polis)?

• City with no borders
• City with no laws
• City with no government
• City with its own government and laws

What were the two most important city-states of Greece?

• Athens / Sparta
• Athens / Rome
• Sparta / Persia
• Persia / Greece

Athens had the first Direct Democracy which is what?

• Every Citizen gets to vote
• Only Male citizens got to vote
• Only a few had the power
• One person had all of the power