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WorksheetsPersia Quiz
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 23mins
Who was the "great" founder of the Persian Empire?
Cyrus
Darius I
Xerxes
Darius III
How did Persian rulers treat most of the people in lands that were taken into the empire?
They forced the people to assimilate within the Persian culture.
The Persian rulers imprisoned the citizens and sentenced many to death.
They placed the citizens into slavery and worked them for the rest of their lives.
They allowed them to keep their unique cultures, languages, and religions.
What did the Royal Road help improve in the Persian Empire?
Transportation
Communication
Trade
All of the above
Who commissioned the creation of the Royal Road through Persia?
Cyrus
Darius I
Xerces
Darius III
True or False: Cyrus the Great commissioned the building of the Royal Road
True
False
The Persian Empire began in which region of the world?
East Asia
Southwest Asia
Southwest Europe
North Africa
Zoroastrianism centers around what concept?
Light (good) vs. Evil (dark)
Jesus vs. Satan
Lighting fires
Converting new people
About how long did it take a message to be delivered across the 1,677 mile Royal Road via the postal service?
3 months
2 months
14 days
7 days
The following information describes which of the Persian Wars: Greeks led Persians into a narrow strait of water and then easily sank many Persian ships (because of their large size) causing the Persians to retreat.
Thermopylae
Salamis
Plataea
Marathon
Who were Darius I and Xerxes?
Generals for the army of Sparta
Leaders of the city of Athens
The greatest of the Greek warriors
Emperors of Persia
Kings of Sparta
the governor of a province in ancient Persia
Zoroastrianism
satrapy
satrap
What Persian king is famous for his victory against the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae but ultimately failed in invading Greece in 480 BCE?
Artaxerxes
Xerxes
Darius
Cambyses
