Ancient Persia

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

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

Put the Persian leaders in order from earliest to latest.

• Darius, Xerxes, Cyrus
• Cyrus, Xerxes, Darius
• Xerxes, Cyrus, Darius
• Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes

Ancient Persia originated in what modern country?

• Iran

• Iraq

• Egypt

• Greece

This Persian King expanded the Persian Empire and began construction of the Royal Road

• Darius

• Achaemenid

• Cyrus the Great

• Xerxes

What Persian king is famous for his victory against the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae but ultimately failed in invading Greece in 480 BCE?

• Artaxerxes

• Xerxes

• Darius

• Cambyses

Zoroaster preached that there was one supreme god called...

• Ahura Mazda
• God
• Zorastrianism
• Mr. Keup

These two sides fought each other in the Persian Wars

• Persians vs Mongols
• Greeks vs Persians
• Athenians vs Spartans
• Minoans vs Mycenaeans