Persian Empire
Persian War
Fall of Empire
Vocabulary
Random
100
The people of _______ lived in what is today southwestern Iran.
Persia
100
Name the battle that happened in 490 B.C.
the Battle of Marathon
100
Persia remained intact for ____________ years.
150
100
what does satrap mean?
protector of the kingdom
100
On page 132. Look at the map. About how long was the Royal Road?
about 1700-1800 miles long
200
_______________ managed to unite the Persians into a powerful kingdom.
Cyrus the Great
200
Explain the Battle of Marathon.
Greeks charged and caught Persian soldiers standing in the water waiting to board ships.
200
What angered their subjects and caused many rebellions?
high taxes
200
Zoroasstrianism is what?
The Persian religion
200
Why did Darius create satrapies?
to make the government work better
300
What happened in 539 B.C.?
Cyrus's armies swept into Mesopotamia and captured Babylon.
300
Greeks joined forces. Who joined together?
Sparta and Athens
300
____ of the _____ rulers after Darius were murdered
6,9
300
Who was Xerxes? What did he do?
Darius's son. He vowed revenge against the Athenians.
300
On page 134. Look at the map. Which of the major battles shown was a naval battle?
Salamis
400
What did Darius do and when?
521 B.C. he reorganized the government to make it work better.
400
How many Greek soldiers held of the Persians at Thermopylae
7000
400
Who conquered the empire in 334 B.C.?
Alexander the Great
400
The Greeks decided the best place to block the Persians was at _____________.
Thermopylae
400
What led to the Persian Wars?
Persian expansion, Greek rebellions, revenge of Persian defeats
500
The Persians practiced __________________ for centuries, and it still has a small number of followers today.
Zoroastrianism
500
The battle was a turning point for the Greeks. Why?
They convinced the Persians to retreat to Asia Minor. They saved their homeland from invasion
500
Give me 1 reason the Persian Empire fell.
Raised taxes, sons had no power so they wanted to overthrow the throne, murders.
500
define satrapies
the 20 states darius divided the empire into
500
What was the Royal Road?
A vast road that connected Persian cities
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