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The Persian Empire

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Persian empire was located in what is now

a)

Turkey

b)

Irak

c)

Iran

d)

Greece

2.

What was the greatest rival of the Persians

a)

The Ottomans

b)

The Greeks

c)

The Romans

d)

The Chinese

3.

This was one of the most important kings in the Persian empire.

a)

Darius

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Xerxes

4.

Who was the king that abolished slavery?

a)

Darius

b)

Cyrus

c)

Xerxes

5.

The Persians battled

a)

The Romans

b)

The Chinese

c)

The Egyptians

d)

The Greek city-states

6.

Which one is a Greek city-state?

a)

Rome

b)

Budapest

c)

Sparta

d)

Nicosia

7.

Who was the "great" founder of the Persian Empire?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius I

c)

Xerxes

d)

Darius III

8.

Who tried and failed to conquer the Greeks?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius I

c)

Xerxes

d)

Darius III

9.

How was Cyrus the Great's leadership different from other Mesopotamian rulers?

a)

He was a kind king.

b)

He lied to his people.

c)

He told jokes to his enemies.

d)

He made his enemies governors.

10.

The Persian Empire never conquered this place.

a)

The Babylonian Empire

b)

Egypt

c)

Indus River Valley

d)

Greece

11.

The Persians were defeated by who in 331 B.C.

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Egypt

c)

Greece

d)

Alexander the Great

12.

The Persian empire was built on what principle? 

a)

sports

b)

Faith

c)
Tolerance
d)

laziness

13.
Persia was the largest empire in the fertile crescent.
a)
True
b)
False
14.

The Persian empire was one of the weakest empires in history.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The first human rights law was established in the Persian empire.

a)

True

b)

False