Chapter 4 Section 3 Social Studies

King's province official that was "protector of the kingdom."

• immortals

• satrap

• royal road

• xerxes

10,000 specially trained soldiers who guarded the king, and if one died, he was immediately replaced.

• marathon

• immortals

• satrapies

• zoroastrianism

United the Persians into a powerful kingdom by using a merciful rule.

• satrap

• Royal Road

• Cyrus the Great

• Xerxes

It was used to deliver the king's messages.

• Royal Road

• Cyrus the Great

• satrap

• Xerxes

Battle won by the Athenians because they waited to attack until the Persians boarded their best soldiers first on the ships.

• satrap

• Immortals

• Marathon

• Plateau

The 20 states into which Darius divided the Persian Empire.

• plataea

• immortals

• xerxes

• satrapies

Revenge attack by the Persians but won by the Greeks because the city-states united as one to defeat them here.

• Cyrus the Great

• Zoroastrianism

• Plataea

• Marathon

Persian religion. It taught that humans had the freedom to choose between right and wrong, and that goodness would triumph in the end.

• Immortals

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Zoroastrianism

Son of Darius, vowed to launch a revenge attack against the Athenians.

• Immortals

• Cyrus the Great

• Xerxes

• Satrapies

The Persian Empire was about the size of the:

• continental United States

• Australia

• Europe

• South America