Chapter 7 Ancient Persia

The language spoken in ancient Persia

• Greek

• Hebrew

• Aramaic

• Arabic

Zoroastrianism teaches that there are two uncreated

• People

• Gods

• Powers

• Spirits

A rebellion broke out in _____________ because Persia wanted to expand its borders.

• Asia Minor

• Greece

• Persia

• Babylon

King _____ and his army sailed to the plain of Marathon where they were defeated.

• Xerxes

• Darius

• Themistocles

• Plataea

__________ was the Athenian general who had a plan to ram and sink Persian ships.

• Darius

• Xerxes

• Themistocles

• Plataea

The Persian empire admitted defeat at the battle of ______

• Plataea

• Asia Minor

• Old Persia

• Greece

The events leading to the origin of Persia include that

• the Medes and Persians settled in an area known as Iran

• Cyrus led the Persians in a rebellion against the Medes and defeated them

• The Medes gained control of the Persians

• Their gods blessed the people of the land and made them great

The names of the first rulers of Persia during the Achaemenid period would include Cyrus, Darius, and

• Cambyses

• Herodotus

• Croesus

• Darius II

True or False: Herodotus was known as the Father of History

• True

• False

True or False: The language spoken in ancient Persia by the common people was Old Persian.

• True

• False