Darius: expansion of the empire

Which of the following areas did Darius add to the empire?

• Thrace

• the Indus valley

• Egypt

• Greece

Match the following

• The area around the Black sea, unsuccessfully invaded by Darius

• Histaeus

• The Persian name for the people of Thrace

• Ister

• The Persian general who successfully conquered Thrace

• Megabazus

• The river crossed by Darius using a bridge of boats

• Scythia

• The tyrant of Miletus who persuaded the Ionians not to break the bridge

• Skudra

According to Herodotus, Darius is encouraged to invade ​ (a)   by ​ (b)   , who is under the influence of her Greek ​ (c)   .

• Greece
• Atossa
• doctor
• Scythia
• Mardonius
• Croesus
• lover
• father

When the Persians wanted submission from a city they demanded...

Reorder the following by date from earliest to latest

• The invasion of Scythia

• Megabazus conquers Thrace

• The failed attack on Naxos

• The battle of Marathon

• The Greeks burn Sardis

Which of the following are reasons why Darius invaded Scythia?

• He was told to by Atossa

• He wanted to live up to Cyrus and Cambyses

• It would keep his nobles too busy to think about plotting against him

• The Scythians had attacked him first

While Darius is campaigning in Scythian, the ​ (a)   arrive at the bridge over the Danube and try to persuade ​ (b)   guarding it to destroy it. ​ (c)   agrees, but ​ (d)   tyrant of ​ (e)   dissuades them.

• Scythians
• Ionians
• Miltiades
• Histaeus
• Miletus
• Sardis
• Atossa
• Spartans
• Mardonius
• Athens

Why does Histaeus not want to destroy the bridge over the Danube and trap Darius?

• The Persians are the only ones preventing the Ionians revolting against the tyrants

• He wants to join Darius in campaigning against the Scythians

• He has been bribed by the Scythians

• He hates Miltiades, who is arguing that they should destroy the bridge.

Which section of the Persian army was (mysteriously?) not present at the battle of Marathon and probably resulted in them losing?

• archers

• Persian infantry

• cavalry

• navy

The Athenians lost ​ (a)   men at the battle of Marathon. The Persians lost ​ (b)   men.

• 192
• 6400
• 500
• no
• 10,000
• 200
• 1000