Quiz 4-3

the area known today as southwestern Iran

• Persia
• strait of Salamis
• Zoroastrianism
• satrap
• Xerxes

place where the Greek fleet attacked the Persian fleet

• Persia
• strait of Salamis
• Zoroastrianism
• satrap
• Xerxes

the religion of Persia

• Persia
• strait of Salamis
• Zoroastrianism
• satrap
• Xerxes

means “protector of the kingdom”

• Persia
• strait of Salamis
• Zoroastrianism
• satrap
• Xerxes

son of Darius

• Persia
• strait of Salamis
• Zoroastrianism
• satrap
• Xerxes

The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great covered northern Mesopotamia, Syria, Canaan, the Phoenician cities, and

• the Caspian Sea
• Greece
• the Red Sea
• Asia Minor

King Darius’ power depended on his

• nobles
• tax collectors
• army
• chief of police

Which two rival armies worked together to defeat the Persians in 499 B.C.?

• Jews and Zoroasters
• Phoenicians and Mesopotamians
• Greeks and Athenians
• Syrians and Canaanites

Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?

• Xerxes
• Herodotus
• Themistocles
• Cyrus the Great

What angered the subjects of the Persian Empire and caused them to rebel?

• high taxes
• the king’s sons plotting to take over the throne
• a draught
• a war