The Persian Empire Video

The Persian Empire was located near modern-day?

• Iraq

• Iran

• Egypt

• Saudi Arabia

Who led the Persians to rebel and create their own empire?

• Darius

• Xerxes

• Cyrus

• Alexander

Cyrus _____ the lives of those defeated.

• took

• eliminated

• ended

• spared

The people Cyrus conquered could

• not practice their old religion

• still practice their customs and beliefs

• only believe in Persian religion

• only obey Cyrus

The Persian Empire was deeply _____ of other religions.

• intolerant

• tolerant

• skeptical

• afraid

The Persians had _____ as their religious belief.

• Judaism

• Zoroastrianism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

When he conquered Babylonia, Cyrus freed all the Jewish slaves and allowed them to go back to their motherland and build a temple in _____.

• Babylon

• Egypt

• Persia

• Jerusalem

To make it easier to communicate and connect the Persian Empire, the _____ was built.

• telephone

• Royal Road

• telegraph

• Royal Ship Service

The Persians established a single _____ that served the whole empire, which made trade and business easier.

• currency

• language

• religion

• army

It seemed nothing could stop the Persian Empire, however the ancient _____ city-states would not be as easy as they thought.

• Egyptian

• Sumerian

• Roman

• Greek