Worksheets7-3 Greece & Persia
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?
a)
Xerxes
b)
Herodotus
c)
Themistocles
d)
Cyrus
2.
Persian King Darius I
a)
centralized the government by doing away with separate governors in each province.
b)
sent the Zoroastrians into exile.
c)
established a citizen army to serve during times of war.
d)
reorganized the Persian government to make it more efficient.
3.
Cyrus the Great held his growing empire together by
a)
establishing harsh military rule.
b)
limiting travel between provinces.
c)
treating conquered people fairly.
d)
building strong fortresses in each conquered land.
4.
Under King Cyrus, in the 540s B.C., the Persian Empire conquered the lands of Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Crete
d)
Mesopotamia
5.
Which factors led to the decline of the Persian Empire?
a)
The army was weakened after losses to Greece, and rulers disagreed about who should have power.
b)
The people began to rebel against the Persian kings, causing a long series of civil wars.
c)
A series of natural disasters (droughts and earthquakes) devastated the Persian homeland.
d)
The king’s sons plotted to take over the throne, causing a civil war.
6.
Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae
a)
Cyrus
b)
Darius I
c)
Xerxes
d)
Leonidas
7.
Religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion
a)
Cyrus
b)
Zoroaster
c)
Xerxes
d)
Leonidas
8.
Reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into satrapies
a)
Cyrus
b)
Darius I
c)
Xerxes
d)
Leonidas
9.
King from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae
a)
Cyrus
b)
Darius I
c)
Xerxes
d)
Leonidas
10.
Expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army
a)
Cyrus
b)
Darius I
c)
Xerxes
d)
Leonidas
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