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Persian Wars and Greek Resistance

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Were early Persians warriors and cattle herders

a)

Yes

b)

No

2.

Who built a strong Persian army

a)

Cyrus the great

b)

Jerome

c)

LeBron James

d)

Styliani MENDONI

3.

In the 500s B.C., Persia ______.

a)

organized an army made up of slaves

b)

built an empire about the size of the continental United States

c)

organized city-states throughout its land

d)

seized power from the Greeks and ruled the Mediterranean area

4.

Around 600 B.C., a Persian religious teacher named Zoroaster began preaching that a single god named Ahura Mazda was the creator of all things.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The Persian Empire was divided into ______.

a)

city-states and provinces

b)

provinces and districts

c)

states and counties

d)

provinces called satrapies

6.

The Persian Empire had a full-time professional army; Athens had a volunteer army.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In the 400s B.C., the Persians tried to expand ______.

a)

in Europe and began by invading Greece

b)

in the east and invaded what is now Afghanistan

c)

in Africa and invaded North Africa

d)

in Europe and invaded Spain

8.

The Persians defeated the Greeks at Marathon.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

At the battle between Greeks and Persians at Thermopylae, ______.

a)

the Spartans and Athenians defeated the Persians

b)

the Persians won, although the Athenians fought until the end

c)

Spartans fought until the end, but the Persians won

d)

the Persians won the battle easily

10.

How many Spartan soldiers fought against the Persian Army at the Battle of Thermopylae?

a)

30

b)

300

c)

3000

d)

30,000

11.

In the battle of Salamis ______.

a)

the Greeks had a larger navy and defeated the Persians

b)

the Persians defeated the Greeks with their faster ships

c)

the Persians gathered a large naval force and won the battle

d)

the Greeks defeated the Persian navy because they had smaller, faster ships

12.

After the Greeks defeated the Persians at Plataea, the Persians stopped trying to conquer Greece.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Under Pericles's rule Athens became a center for learning and the arts

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Pericles supported writers, artists, teachers, sculptors, and architects

a)

True

b)

False