Greece Persia Judaism Review

Beliefs

400

to change religion

convert

500

to say sorry and fix your mistakes

repent

600

All Jewish men learned how to read and write so they could understand the (Jewish holy book, which is named ______).

Tanakh (or Torah)

700

Judaism and Zoroastrianism are both what kind of religion? (think... how many gods...?)

monotheistic

800

The Persian Empire was religiously _________, meaning it allowed all religions.

religious tolerance

Extra

400

Greece has many mountains and _______s, so they developed many different city-states, and relied on fishing and trading.

islands

500

Jews did not buy and sell slaves, but still had slavery. If you could not pay off your _____, you'd become a slave for 7 years.

debt

600

This word means doing something evil, or going against God, in Jewish religion.

sin

700

This thing created by the Persian Empire connected big cities across Asia, which increased trade and cultural sharing.

The Royal Road

800

This is the name of the Persian religion.

Zoroastrianism

Important Names

400

Athletes from across Greece participated in these games, during which war was not allowed.

Olympics

500

This Persian Emperor allowed the Jews to return to their homeland and helped them rebuild their Temple.

Cyrus

600

People today and long ago said Xerxes, the Emperor of Persia who attacked Greece, was a _______.

tyrant

700

This is the name of the prophet who started Judaism.

Abraham

800

After the Battle of ________, a man named Pheidippides ran to Athens to tell the other Greeks of their victory, which helped the Greeks defeat the Persians the first time.

Marathon

Government

400

Persia was led by one ___________.

Emperor (Shah-an-Shah, King of Kings)

500

This is the name of the holiest city in Judaism.

Jerusalem

600

What is the name of the governors chosen by the Persian Empire, who had to keep local people happy and could accept local laws?

Satraps

700

This government system means people vote on laws and have rights and freedoms that are protected by laws.

Democracy

800

This means a government controlled by a small group of people, such as a council of elders.

Oligarchy

Vocab

400

an army of ships.

navy

500

Persian and Spartan women had the right to _______ (end their marriage).

divorce

600

giving to the poor

charity

700

a group of people connected by shared culture and marriages

ethnicity

800

people are forced to leave their homeland and move to other places

diaspora