Chapter 7.3 Greece & Persia

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

• organized an army made up of slaves

• built an empire about the size of the continental United States

• organized city-states throughout its land

• seized power from the Greeks and ruled the Mediterranean area

Around 600 B.C., 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 ______.

• city-states and provinces

• provinces and districts

• states and counties

• provinces called satrapies

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

• True

• False

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

• in Europe and began by invading Greece

• in the east and invaded what is now Afghanistan

• in Africa and invaded North Africa

• in Europe and invaded Spain

The Persians defeated the Greeks at Marathon.

• True

• False

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

• the Spartans and Athenians defeated the Persians

• the Persians won, although the Athenians fought until the end

• Spartans fought until the end, but the Persians won

• the Persians won the battle easily

How many Spartan soldiers fought against the Persian Army at the Battle of Thermopylae?

• 30

• 300

• 3000

• 30,000

In the battle of Salamis ______.

• the Greeks had a larger navy and defeated the Persians

• the Persians defeated the Greeks with their faster ships

• the Persians gathered a large naval force and won the battle

• the Greeks defeated the Persian navy because they had smaller, faster ships

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

• True

• False