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WorksheetsGombrich Ch8
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who were the Persians?
a group of warriors that sailed down the Nile and conquered Egypt and spread into the Mediterranean
a group from the mountains north of Mesopotamia that built a powerful empire
a group of nomads that moved south into Greece and later became the Athenians and Spartans
a lost tribe of Phoenicians that found America and set up a settlement on the island of Nova Scotia
How did the Persians worship?
they worshiped the light and fought against the dark
they were Buddhists
they worshiped Baal - a common god throughout Mesopotamia
they worshiped water and the god of the rivers
Who was the first major leader of the Persians?
Menelaus
Priam
Cyrus
Pericles
What did Cyrus accomplish?
conquered the Egyptians
conquered Babylon and most of the region
conquered the Greeks
conquered India
What did Cyrus' son - Cambyses - accomplish?
conquered the Greeks
conquered Egypt
conquered the Babylonians
conquered the Mongolians
After Cambyses, who was the next major ruler of the vast Persian Empire?
Nebuchadnezzar
Leonidas
Darius
Xerxes
What happened at the Battle of Marathon?
a vastly outnumbered Greek army defeated the Persians
the Persian navy was destroyed by a storm, saving the Greeks
the Persian navy was defeated by stronger Greek ships
the Persians defeated the Greeks after a strong defense
The movie 300 tells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae which was...
a clear victory against the Persians by a smaller Greek army
a battle of several days where around 300 Spartans fought off the entire Persian Army before finally losing
a naval battle where 300 Greek ships defeated over 1000 Persian ships and saved Athens from destruction
a battle that lasted 300 days where the Persians were eventually defeated by the Spartans
Who was Xerxes?
the son of Darius that attacked Greece
the father of Cyrus that told him to build an empire
the general of the Persians sent by the emperor to conquer Greece
the queen of the Persians that led her army into battle in Egypt
What was the result of the Battle of Salamis?
The Greek navy defeated the Persian navy
the Persian army burned Athens
the Persians defeated the Spartans at Plataea
a storm destroyed the Persian navy
According to Gombrich what made the Greeks different, special?
they had advanced military technology
they had a larger population than other empires
they had a unified empire under one ruler
they were always trying out new ideas and changing
