Rise of the Persian Empire

Cyrus the great founded the ___________.

• Archaemenid Empire

• Persian Empire

• Agean Empire

• Spartan empire

________ peaceful treatment and tolerance of different religions and the ways of life combined with his military accomplishments made him " the great"

• Cyrus

• Nabonidus

• Hippias

• Darius

In order to join the Persian Empire other city states / kingdoms would have to (check all that apply)

• Give the king earth and water as a symbol of subservience to the king.

• Pay taxes to the Persian empire

• Provide troops needed for the expansion of the Persian Expansion campaign

• Give up your own laws and customs entirely

True or false: the Persian Military was one of the largest in history

• True

• False

_____ was the successor of Cyrus the Great: he continued to expand the Persian Empire.

• Darius

• Hippias

• Leonidas

• Xerxes

King Darius sent Persian troops to suppress the rebellion in the ______

• Greek Colonies

• Sparta

• Agean Sea

• Athens

The Greek City Sates of ______ and ______ sent boats and soldiers to Aid Greek Rebels. (Pick 2)

• Athens

• Eretria

• Sparta

• Agean

The rebellion of the Greek colonies was the first in a series of wars between the Greek City states and the Persian empire called the____________

• Persian Wars

• Greek wars

• Cyrus wars

• Greek city wars

The rebellion was defeated, and _______ regained control of the territory.

• Persia

• Athens

• Aegean

• Greece

However, King Darius was concerned about the influence of the Greek Peninsula city states on the Greek colonies, so he decided to prevent future rebellions by_______.

• Conquering all of Greece.

• Separating from Greece

• allowing Greece to rule themselves