Ancient Greece- 7.3 Quiz

Area known today as Iran

• Strait of Salamis

• Zoroastrianism

• satrap

• Xerxes

• Persia

Place where Greeks attacked the Persian fleet

• Strait of Salamis

• Zoroastrianism

• satrap

• Xerxes

• Persia

Religion of Persia

• Strait of Salamis

• Zoroastrianism

• satrap

• Xerxes

• Persia

means "protector of the kingdom"

• Strait of Salamis

• Zoroastrianism

• satrap

• Xerxes

• Persia

Persian ruler who began his reign in 480 BC

• Strait of Salamis

• Zoroastrianism

• satrap

• Xerxes

• Persia

The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great covered northern Mesopotamia, Syria, Judah, northeast Greece and

• the Caspian Sea

• Sparta

• the Sea

• Egypt

King Darius' power depended on his full-time, paid,

• nobles

• tax collectors

• army

• chief of police

At the battle of Plataea in 479 BC, the ______ won.

• Persians

• Egyptians

• Greeks

• Mesopotamians

What Greek historians gave an account of the Persian War in The Histories?

• Xerxes

• Herodotus

• Thenistocles

• Cyrus the Great

What angered the subjects of the Persian Empire and caused them to rebel?

• high taxes

• rebellion

• drought

• war