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WorksheetsAncient Persia
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 43mins
A Persian leader who led a successful revolt against the Medes; He, along with the Medes, conquered Babylon and freed the Israelites from captivity.
Croesus
Cyrus II
Darius I
Xerxes
King who expanded the size and power of the Persian Empire into Egypt and Greece
Alexander
Cyrus II
Darius I
Xerxes
Herodotus is known as the (a) of History.
This king moved Persia's capital from Pasargadae to Susa. He also built Persepolis.
Croesus
Cyrus II
Darius I
Xerxes
This man was a religious teacher and founder of the main religion of Persia.
Amenhotep
Darius I
Cambyses
Zoroaster
King who led the Persians during the Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis; King who marries Esther; known for his temper.
Cyrus II
Xerxes
Artaxerxes
Darius I
Athenian General who devised the successful plan to defeat the Persians at the Battle of Salamis.
Monopoles
Mistocles
Mistoffelees
Themistocles
King who let Ezra and Nehemiah return to Jerusalem to teach the word of God and finish rebuilding the wall.
Artaxerxes
Xerxes
Cyrus II
Darius I
The 22-year-old Greek ruler of Macedonia who defeated Persia; Also known as The Great.
Darius I
Cyrus II
Alexander
Artaxerxes
After Alexander's death, the empire was divided into 4 kingdoms. Which is NOT one of those 4?
Anatolia
Ptolemies
Antigonids
Seleucids
Darians
The Persian dynasty that began with Cyrus II was the Achaemenid dynasty
True
False
A province in ancient Persia.
(a)
A governor in Persia who ruled a particular province; was responsible for collecting tribute and reported to the king.
(a)
Darius built the Persian Road system which contained 8,000 miles of stone roads. The longest road, called the (a) Road, was over 1,600 miles long.
The coin used in the Persian empire; named after Darius I.
(a)
10,000 soldiers in Darius' army who were paid and professionally trained; known as the king's special force; when one soldier died, another immediately took his place. These soldiers were called (a) .
Who paid a land tax?
Persian citizens
Conquered people
Who did the king use to ensure that satraps did not abuse their power? Select ALL that apply:
Military leaders
Bankers
Secretaries
Priests
Warriors and Kings were in the highest social class, also called the ___________.
Aristocracy
Sovereignty
Monarchy
Dynasty
Which jobs were common in ancient Persia? Select ALL that apply:
Farmers
Weavers
Craftsmen
Traders
Toymakers
The name for Zoroastrian priests in ancient Persia.
(a)
The good spirit of Zoroastrianism.
Angra Mainyu
Ahura Mazda
The evil spirit of Zoroastrianism.
Angra Mainyu
Ahura Mazda
This battle began because Darius was angry with Greece. Darius and 20,000 Persian soldiers sailed to Greece and fought against only 10,000 Athenian soldiers. The Athenians stayed hidden in the hills and used strategy to trap the Persians and win the battle.
Marathon
Thermopylae
Salamis
King Xerxes and the Persian army built a bridge using hundreds of boats and planks to cross the strait between Asia Minor and Greece. This battle took place at a 50-feet-wide mountain pass where the Persians trapped and surrounded the Spartan soldiers and won the battle.
Marathon
Thermopylae
Salamis
The Athenians, not wanting to lose the war against Persia, made a plan to win the war. They sent a fake message to Xerxes, telling him that the Greeks were afraid and were going to flee. Xerxes ordered his ships to travel through the strait between a Greek island and the Greek mainland in order to defeat the Persians. Instead, the Greek ships trapped the Persian ships and defeated them. The Greeks, through winning this battle, won the Persian wars.
Marathon
Thermopylae
Salamis
In 1836, Henry Rawlinson climbed a dangerous cliff to decipher ancient Persian writings on a rock face. These writings are called the:
Behistun Inscription
Cyrus Seal
Rosetta Stone
Standard of Ur
2nd Century BC: This Northeastern tribe called the (a) regained control of Persia from the Seleucid king. They recovered eastern Persia and ruled for about 400 years.
This dynasty, called the (a) , defeated the Parthians and ruled the Persian empire from AD 224- 651. This dynasty reinstituted Zoroastrianism as the state religion.
Mark all correct answers:
Cyrus and the Persian army ___.
retreated from going to Lydia
defeated King Croesus of Lydia and conquered the capital city
conquered the Babylonian Empire
Mark all correct answers:
The names of the first rulers of Persia during the Achaemenid period would include Cyrus, Darius, and ___.
Cambyses
Herodotus
Croesus
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Trade grew in Persia because ___.
Persian roads allowed for international trade
the demand for goods grew as people saw a variety of products carried on the roads
Darius saw no need for a common currency
The language spoken in ancient Persia by the common people was Old Persian
True
False
Complete each sentence:
A factor in the decline of the Persian empire includes that the people were discontent with the high (a) and with their rulers.
Complete each sentence:
In 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the (a) Empire.
Select ALL that apply:
After Alexander's death, which two regions did the Seleucids gain control of?
Syria
Persia
Egypt
Macedonia
The (a) defeated the Parthians and began to rule Persia
(a) invaders conquered the last Sassanian king
Mark all the correct answers:
What do Zoroastrians believe?
There are two uncreated spirits named Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu
There is one uncreated God who created everything
If a person's good deeds outweigh their bad deeds, they can ascend to heaven
A person's deeds are inherently bad and cannot gain them access to heaven.
The good and bad spirit are equal and always at war with each other
