Mountains, rivers, valleys, plateaus, forests, or deserts
100
The Persian marital system consisted of what?
Polygamy and Concubines.
100
Who was the Persian god that represented all good?
Ahura Mazda
100
True or False:
Did the Persians primarily study astronomy?
False. They studied mostly on the anatomy of the human body.
100
Persia mostly relied on a __________ system when dealing with economy.
Barter system
200
What two things did the Persian use their water for?
Drinking and irrigation
200
Name two prominent kings in Persia.
Cyrus, Campyses, or Darius
200
Who was the Persian god that was associated with all evil?
Ahriam
200
The Qanat was used for what?
Extracting water from mountains
200
Darius issued what two kinds of coin currency?
Dinars and Shekel
300
Where are two places that the Persians obtained their water from?
Rivers and mountains.
300
Name from most powerful to least powerful the people in the Persian social class system. At least 4.
King, Priest, Military, and Peasant.
300
Who was the prophet who helped make the basis for the Persian religion?
Zoroaster
300
Persian had a sufficient power source of _______and _______ technology.
Wind and water
300
__________ was the primary source of the Persians economic stability.
Trade
400
The trees in Persia were used for what?
Construction
400
The language of the Persians was called what?
Old Persian
400
What is this?
A Faravahar
400
Persians were one of the first to do what?
Weave
400
How much lit. of barley does a sheep cost?
100 lit. of barley
500
What are the EXACT coordinates of modern day Iran?
29.9344° N, 52.8914° E
500
A man will have to make a payment known as ______ in order to get married.
Dowries
500
_________ was Ahura Mazda's ________ creation.
Gayomart was Ahura Mazda's last creation.
500
I have multiple heads when if you give me some water to drink, will constantly chase each other. I am said to exhume power only when I am drinking. What am I?
A water wheel.
500
You are the second youngest child of 4 kids. Now let's say an old man gave 7 sheep and 2 donkeys to the fisrt child, 3 sheep and no donkeys for the second child, 5 sheep and 1 donkey to the third child, and 1 sheep and 9 donkeys to the fourth child. Now how much money in lit. of barley did the old man spend on you?