WorksheetsChapter 9 Section 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Naval battle where the Athenian navy lured Persian ships into a narrow strait and defeated them.
a)
Battle of Salamis
b)
Battle of Plataea
c)
Battle of Marathon
d)
Battle of Thermopylae
2.
More than 1,700 miles long, its creation allowed Persian messengers to travel quickly throughout the empire.
a)
Persia
b)
Greece
c)
Royal Road
d)
Aegean Sea
3.
The founder of the Persian Empire.
a)
Darius I
b)
Cyrus the Great
c)
Xerxes I
d)
Leonidas
4.
The chief religion of the Persian Empire; it taught that two forces fight for control of the universe.
a)
Voodoo
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Zoroastrianism
5.
A fighting unit comprised of soldiers on horseback.
a)
cavalry
b)
Immortals
c)
infantry
d)
satraps
6.
Known as the king of kings, he reorganized and strengthened the Persian Empire.
a)
Cyrus the Great
b)
Cambyses
c)
Darius i
d)
Leonidas
7.
The Greeks defeated the invading Persian army in this battle due to their better weapons and armor.
a)
Battle of Salamis
b)
Battle of Thermopylae
c)
Battle of Marathon
d)
Battle of Plataea
8.
This Greek city-state had a powerful navy, and defeated the Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis.
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
9.
These 10,000 soldiers, chosen for their bravery and skill, made up the heart of the Persian army.
a)
Persians
b)
Cavalry
c)
Satraps
d)
Immortals
10.
This city-state had the strongest army in Greece, and joined other Greek cities to fight Persia.
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
11.
Winner of the Persian Wars
a)
Greece
b)
Persia
12.
These officials collected taxes, served as judges, and put down rebellions within their territories
a)
Immortals
b)
Satraps
c)
Cavalry
13.
The capital of Persia built by Darius I.
a)
Acropolis
b)
Marathon
c)
Athens
d)
Persepolis
14.
An empire in Asia Minor that tried to conquer ancient Greece.
a)
Macedonia
b)
Persia
c)
China
d)
Aegean
15.
Battle during the Persian war where a small army of Spartans died holding back a much larger Persian force.
a)
Marathon
b)
Thermopylae
c)
Salamis
d)
Plataea
16.
Final battle of the Persian wars.
a)
Marathon
b)
Thermopylae
c)
Salamis
d)
Plataea
17.
Darius's son who tried to conquer Greece.
a)
Cyrus the Great
b)
Darius II
c)
Xerxes I
d)
Cambyses
18.
Which of the following did Cyrus NOT do to the people he conquered?
a)
made them slaves
b)
let them keep their customs
c)
set slaves free
d)
let them keep their religion
19.
This Persian leader was angered when Greek city-states sent help to rebels in Asia Minor.
a)
Cyrus the Great
b)
Cambyses
c)
Darius I
d)
Xerxes I
20.
A strait is:
a)
a line made by a ruler
b)
a narrow channel of water
c)
a form of government
d)
a rocky, uninhabited island
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