Chapter 5, lesson 3

After the Greeks defeated the Persians at Plataea, the Persians stopped trying to conquer Greece.

• true
• false
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Which of the following statements is true?

• Persian provinces sent volunteer soldiers to fight against Greece.
• Greek city-states united to prevent Persia from conquering Greece.
• In the Persian Empire, governors of satrapies were called ephors.
• Most Persians rejected Zoroaster's teachings.

In the 500s B.C.E., Persia ______.

• seized power from the Greeks and ruled the Mediterranean area.
• organized city-states throughout its land.
• organized an army made up of slaves.
• built an empire that became the largest in the ancient world.

Around 600 B.C.E., a Persian religious teacher named Zoroaster began preaching that a single god named Ahura Mazda was the creator of all things.

• true
• false

The Persian Empire was divided into ______.

• states and counties
• provinces and districts
• provinces called satrapies
• city-states and provinces

The Persian Empire had a full-time professional army; Athens had a volunteer army.

• true
• false

In the 400s B.C.E., the Persians tried to expand ______.

• in Africa and invaded North Africa
• in Europe and invaded Spain
• in the east and invaded what is now Afghanistan
• in Europe and began by invading Greece

The Persians defeated the Greeks at Marathon.

• true
• false

At the battle between Greeks and Persians at Thermopylae, ______.

• the Persians won, although the Athenians fought until the end
• the Spartans and Athenians defeated the Persians
• the Persians won the battle easily
• Spartans fought until the end, but the Persians won

In the battle of Salamis ______.

• the Persians gathered a large naval force and won the battle
• the Persians defeated the Greeks with their faster ships
• the Greeks had a larger navy and defeated the Persians
• the Greeks defeated the Persian navy because they had smaller, faster ships