CHOW 112-117

Who started the religion of the Medes and the Persians?

• Mazda

• Persia

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Zoroaster

What were the men who watched the eternal flame called

• magi

• Mazda

• Cyrus

• Medes

What did Croesus do for the first time?

• spell his name with a "c"

• made money

• climb the pyramids

• a back flip

What did the oracle at Delphi tell Croesus?

• If you build it, they will come.

• Only one man will win.

• A great kingdom shall fall.

• Always brush your teeth.

What happened to Lydia?

• Croesus captured it.

• It was captured by Cyrus.

• It fell apart.

• It stands still today.

How did Cyrus overtake Babylon?

• He won it in a game of poker.

• He used a battle ram.

• He stopped up the Euphrates.

• He had better archers.

What did Cyrus do with the captive Jews?

• He let them go home.

• He killed them all.

• He ate them.

• He kept them as his slaves.

What is left of Babylon?

• water

• corpses

• a mound of dirt

• the Hanging Gardens