Ancient Persia Quiz

What was another name for the ancient Persian Empire?

• First Babylonian Empire
• Achaemenid Empire
• Archery Empire
• Darius

Who was the first leader of the Persian Empire?

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

The Persians conquered all of the following areas except. . .

• Israel
• Babylonia
• Egypt
• Greece

____________ was Persia's capital city built by Darius.

• Persepolis 
• Babylon
• Ziggurat
• Nineveh 

Cyrus as a leader refused to_______________ which was very rare in the ancient world.

• make his conquered enemies slaves
• kill any enemies in war
• pay taxes to the capital
• leave the capital city

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

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

Zoroastrianism is considered a "dualistic" faith this means. . .

• It believes in opposing sides such as good and evil.
• It believes in fighting and dueling as an artform.
• Believes all people are bad and need strict laws to control.
• None of these are true.

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

After the _______ revolt, King ________ decided to conquer Greece and began the __________.

• Ionian, Darius, Persian Wars
• Persian, Cyrus, Ionian Wars
• Ionian, Cyrus, Greek Wars
• bad, Xerxes, Bad Wars