6th BJU ch.7 Ancient Persia Terms pt.2

Founder of Zoroastrianism in ancient Persia

• Zoroaster

• Herodotus

• Avesta

• Xerxes

main religion of ancient Persia

• Buddhism

• Zoroastrianism

• Atheism

• Islam

sacred writings of Zoroastrianism

• Satrap

• Avesta

• Daric

• Salamis

name for Zoroastrian priests in ancient Persia

• Magi

• Satrap

• Avesta

• Salamis

Match the location to the description.

• strait between Asia Minor & Greece, where Xerxes & his army built bridges to reach Greece

• Thermopylae

• ancient plain in Greece, site where the Athenian army defeated the Persian army

• Hellespont

• island off the coast of Greece where the Greeks defeated the Persians in a naval battle

• Salamis

• narrow mountain pass in Greece; the site where the Greeks were defeated by the Persian army

• Marathon

Match the leader to the description.

• king of Persia who allowed Ezra & Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem

• Artaxerxes I

• ruled Macedonia at 22 & led the Greeks in conquering many lands

• Xerxes
• king of Persia (Ahasuerus) & son of Darius

• Alexander the Great

The _____ Wars were between Greece & the Persian Empire.

The ​ (a)   people from northern Persia that began retaking part of the Persian Empire around 171 B.C. were the ​ (b)   .

• nomadic
• Parthians
• Greeks
• established

The (a)   were the last dynasty in ancient Persia that were true Persian kings.

• Sassanians
• Greeks
• Athenians
• Achaemenids