Persian Empire Flocab Quiz

Cyrus the Great built the largest ________ the world had yet seen.

• army

• temple

• pyramid

• empire

The Immortals were

• Zoroastrian prophets

• elite Persian soldiers

• Zarathustra and Ahuramazda

• the Ionians who held back the Persian advance

The end result of the Greco-Persian wars was

• the Persians gained control of Greece and Crete

• the Persians gained control of most of Europe

• the Greeks successfully held onto their land

• the Greeks gained control of most of the Middle East

The concept of a marathon is based on the

• distance a runner went to alert the Athenians

• longest battle in the Persian Wars

• series of wars the Persians fought

• Olympics

The Cyrus cylinder shows us that Cyrus believed that

• people were inherently good

• people should have the right to worship their own gods

• rulers should have absolute power

• God would soon destroy the world

Who founded the religion known as Zoroastrianism?

• Buddha

• Cyrus

• Zarthustra

• Darius

Darius was called "the shopkeeper," because he

• quadrupled the number of coins in the treasury

• introduced coined money and the postal system

• had previously worked in a store

• invented a primitive cash register

When Cambyses left to conquer Egypt, what happened back home?

• A man who claimed to be his brother took the throne.

• It was revealed that his father wasn't dead after all.

• The empire successfully repelled a Greek invasion.

• Darius killed all of Cambyses' allies, prompting him to go insane.

The Persian army was capable of striking fast because of its

• marathon runners

• fleet of boats

• network of spies and informants

• cavalry

Besides being an outstanding military leader, Cyrus the Great was known for being

• ruthless and merciless

• cunning and daring

• fair and just

• a brilliant mathematician