Chapter 7 Lesson 3- Greece And Persia Question Preview (ID: 54468)


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What is a satrapy?
a) a province in the Persian Empire
b) the strap used to hold a warrior's shield on his arm
c) a colon created by a mainland Greek polis
d) a province in the Babylonian Empire

What was the governor of a Persian province called?
a) lord
b) king
c) satrap
d) ephor

What was the Persian religion based on the belief in one god?
a) Christianity
b) Judaism
c) Zoroastrianism
d) Islam

Who was the founder of the Persian Empire?
a) Cyrus the Great
b) Darius I
c) Xerxes I
d) Cleisthenes

How did the Persians treat conquered people?
a) the Persians forced many into slavery
b) the Persians allowed them to keep their cultures, but forced them to move far away
c) the Persians allowed conquered people to keep their own languages, religions, and laws
d) the Persians forced conquered people to convert to Zoroastrianism

What connected the great Persian cities of Sardis and Susa?
a) The Kings Highway
b) The Great Wall
c) The Long Walls
d) The Royal Road

Who were the Immortals?
a) a mythical group of soldiers who could never be killed
b) the greatest warriors in all of Greece
c) the best fighters in the Persian army, trained to guard the king
d) the holy warriors of Zoroastrianism

Why were the Immortals called 'immortal?'
a) whenever one soldier died, another immediately took his place, ensuring there were always 10,000
b) a soldier could never retire until he had a son to take his place
c) they were considered holy warriors who would live forever in the afterlife
d) they were expected to protect the king even in death

What caused the Persian Wars to begin?
a) Persia was looking to expand its land to the fertile valleys of Greece
b) Sparta declared war on Athens because Athens had grown too powerful
c) Athens aided in the Ionian revolt against Persia
d) Persia destroyed a Greek polis and the people of Athens swore revenge

Who won the Battle of Marathon?
a) Sparta
b) Persia
c) Thebes
d) Athens

What happened to the messenger who ran the 26 miles from Marathon to Athens?
a) He arrived in Athens, shouted 'victory,' and then collapsed dead
b) He was elected to the highest position in the Athenian democracy
c) He never made it to Athens, because he was ambushed by the Persian cavalry
d) He was made a general in the Athenian army

Who will lead the Persians in the first Persian Wars?
a) Cyrus II
b) Darius I
c) Xerxes I
d) Cambyses II

Who will lead the Persians in the second Persian War?
a) Cyrus II
b) Darius I
c) Xerxes I
d) Cambyses II

Who leads the Greeks to fight the Persians at Thermopylae?
a) King Leonidas
b) Themistocles
c) Xerxes I
d) Darius I

What happened at Thermopylae?
a) The Immortals defeated a small force of Athenian hoplites
b) The Athenian hoplites defeated the much larger Persian army
c) The Athenian navy destroyed much of the Persian navy
d) 300 Spartans and their Greek allies held the pass for 3 days against the Persian army

Where did the Athenian defeat the Persian navy?
a) at the battle of Plataea
b) in the Bay of Salamis
c) at the battle of Thermopylea
d) in the Sea of Marmara

What was the outcome of the Persian Wars?
a) Persia conquered Greece, adding it to Persia's vast empire
b) The Greeks conquered Persia, creating a Greek empire
c) The Persian Empire began to weaken and vulnerable to outside attacks
d) The Greeks began to weaken and were conquered by Alexander the Great

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