Ancient Persia

Who was the first leader of the Persian Empire?

• Xerxes
• Darius the Great
• Cyrus the Great
• Alexander the Great

____________ was Persia's capital city built by Darius.

• Persepolis 
• Babylon
• Ziggurat
• Nineveh 

____________ had engineers build a massive stone highway that stretched from India to North Africa.

• Darius the Great
• Xerxes the Great
• Cyrus the Great

Zoroastrianism has had an influence or connection to all of the following religions except. . .

• Christianity
• Judiasm
• Islam
• Traditional Roman Religion

Zoroastrians believe in _____________.

• 1 God
• 3 Gods
• Many Gods
• No Gods

The name of the coin used in the Persian empire was names after which ruler?

• Cyrus II

• Cambyses

• Darius I

• Herodotus

How many Immortals did the king have?

• 5,000

• 50,000

• 25,000

• 10,000

The Persian empire declined because

• wars with Greece were costly and there were great losses

• Persian royalty continued with their expensive lifestyle

• the people were upset about the high taxes and their poor rulers

• all of the answers

What is the name of the original Persian religion?

• Ahura Mazda

• Angra Mainyu

• Islam

• Zoroastrianism

Ancient Persia originated in what modern country?

• Iran

• Iraq

• Egypt

• Greece