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WorksheetsChapter 7 ancient Persia
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
What type of attitude did Cyrus have towards his subjects?
Tolerant
Thankful
Grateful
Envious
Who was the founder of the Achaemenid empire?
Jesus
Daríus l
Herodotus
Cyrus ll
What modern day country were the Medes and Persia settled in?
Brazil
Jerusalem
Iran
Afghanistan
Who did Cyrus the second lead a rebellion against
Medes
Asia minor
Greece
Egypt
Under whose rule did the Persian empire reach its peak?
Abraham
Sir John Herbert Marshall
Confucius
Draius
In what capital city was Cyrus buried?
Beijing
Susa
Paragadae
Persepolis
What was a satrap?
Pastor
Priest
Government
President
What was a Satrapy?
A provident in ancient Persia
Government
Herodotus
Qin Shi Huang
Zoroaster
Darius moved the capital Pasargadae to what city?
Susa
Pasargadae
Persepolis
Iran
What was the name of a ZOROASTRIaN Priest?
Xerxes
Alexander the great
King
Magi
Who was the Greek historian known as the father of history?
Jesus
Sassanian
Zoroaster
Herodotus
What were the Persian wars?
Persians and Greeks
Palestinians and Jews
Shang and the Huns
The Kish and Akkad
Who was the founder of Zoroastrianism?
Xerxes
Darius
Cyrus ll
Zoroaster
What island off the coast of Greece is the location where the Greeks defeated the Persians?
Athens
Marathon
Sardis
Salamis
Who was the leader of the Greek army that conquered many lands?
Alexander the great
Hellespont
Xerxes
Artabanus ll
What was the narrow mountain past where the Persians defeated the Greeks called?
Sparta
Thermoplyae
Salamis
Athens
What were sacred writings of Zoroastrianism?
Zoroaster
Avesta
Magi
Ester
Who was the son of Darius that became king of Persia?
Herodotus
Xerxes
Confucius
The mandate of heaven
What was the capital city of Persia after Susa?
Tibet
Beijing
China
Persepolis
What was the name of the Persian army under Darius?
Immortals
Rhytons
Sparta
Jesus
What was the name of the road that stretched over 1600 miles from Susa to Sardis?
The yellow brick Road
Tamiami Trail
Royal Road
The great wall of China
What was the name of the coin used in Persian empire?
Quarters
Daric
Silver shekels
Copper spearheads
What was the name of the queen that Xerxes sent away for being disobedient?
Vashti
Ester
Wu Ti
Ruth
What book of the Bible do we learn about king Ahasuerus?
Genesis
Revelations
Ester
1 Samuel
Who was chosen by Xerxes to to replace the queen?
Monica
Ester
Naomi
Rebeca
Compare and contrast Zoroastrianism and biblical truth?
Person must choose between good and evil and equally powerful evil beings, and good beings versus the battle between good and evil but it does not teach that God and Satan are equal.
Person could have eternal life, if they do more good than evil in their life versus being judged by whether they are good works outweigh their bad works.
Knowledge is power versus no knowledge is being weak
Believing that God Had intervened on their behalf, and thought that the Roman empire which shatter and the Jerusalem and the Jews would be freed once again.
believed that gods were pleased, and people were prosper, gods, were not please, disasters would strike if rituals and prayers were not done.
Where did Cyrus establish his capital?
Beijing
Jerusalem
Greece
Pasargadae
