Key Vocabulary - Persian Government and Empire

Fill in the blank: __________ is the Persian government where power is shared between the king and lower kings.

• Imperial Bureaucracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Democratic Assembly

• Feudal Republic

Fill in the blank: __________ is a practice used by the ancient Persians that allowed captured people to keep the language, law, and practices.

• Tolerance

• Conquest

• Isolation

• Assimilation

Fill in the blank: __________ were the governors of the Persian Empire.

• Satraps

• Pharaohs

• Consuls

• Rajahs

The Persian Empire, which is present-day Iran, was built on which ancient civilizations?

• Indus, Mesopotamia, and Egypt

• Greece, Rome, and China

• India, Arabia, and Africa

• Europe, Asia, and Africa

The dark-shaded area on the map represents:

• the region of Persia

• the population density of the area

• the location of major rivers

• the elevation above sea level

According to the passage, who was Persia's first emperor (king of kings) to unite the empire?

• Cyrus the Great

• King Darius

• Xerxes

• Alexander the Great

What is Imperial Bureaucracy as described in the passage?

• Rule by a single king

• Rule of government shared by governors (satraps) and the King

• Rule by the people

• Rule by military leaders

King Darius constructed roads to increase communication between people in the Persian Empire.

• True

• False

The Persians allowed conquered people to retain their customs, languages, laws, and religions.

• True

• False

According to the passage on Persian Economics, what did the Persians require the lands they conquered to do?

• Pay taxes based on their wealth and resources

• Provide soldiers for the army

• Build roads

• Learn the Persian language