Vocab/Terms
Name 2 of the 3 criteria of an empire.
What are large landmass, military conquest, and multicultural/multiethnic.
1700 mile road from Persia to Anatolia which facilitated communication across the Persian Empire.
What is the Royal Road?
Came to power after the unusual death of Cambyses. What was he known for?
The geography in Greece played a large role in its development. Name and explain 3 ways.
Answers may vary -- proximity to the water, mountainous terrain, temperate climate.
This organization was a coalition of Greek city states in their effort to overcome the Persian forces.
What was the Hellenic League?
Describe a vassal state.
Subjugated state that pays tax as tribute to their rulers.
Persian emperor who conquered Egypt -- generally not well liked.
Who was Cambyses?
This famous philosopher tutored Alexander the Great.
Who was Aristotle?
This Greek word is the term used to describe the city-state.
What is a polis?
The Greek fighting formation later adopted and modified by the Macedons.
What was the phalanx?
An underground aquafer, often dug over long distances, used in the Middle East as a water supply.
What is a qanat.
Type of governmental system employed by the Persian Empire after Darius the Great (with description).
What is a bureaucracy (system of compartmentalization where each region had its own rules/traditions and leaders but still payed taxes to the throne).
The father of a 'Great,' this individual conquered the Greek city states prior to his death.
Who was Philip of Macedon?
This group of people first populated the island of Crete and were the source of much of Greek culture.
Who were the Minoans?
This first battle in the Greco-Persian Wars was a great Greek victory and showed the strength of the Greek troops.
What was the Battle of Marathon?
Provincial governors used by Persian emperors to rule various regions.
What is a satrap.
This 'empire' originally controlled Persia prior to the time of Cyrus the Great.
What was the Median Empire?
The Diadochi Era followed the death of this 'Great.' Who was it and what did the Era lead to?
Who was Alexander the Great. The Diadochi Era fragmented Alexander's empire into smaller territories ruled by his generals and nobles.
A three-layered ship, these boats were used by the Greeks to trade with far-away places and maintain a dominant military force on the water.
What is a trireme?
The Peloponnesian War pitted two groups against each other. What were the names of the groups and who controlled each?
What were the Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues, led by Athens and Sparta?
Divine right to rule in Persian culture, translates to 'glory' and means favor of god.
What is farr.
What is Zoroastrianism?
The son of Cyrus the Great, this less impressive ruler was able to conquer Egypt.
Who was Cambyses?
Due to geographic isolation, Greek city states had many different types of governments. Name the four we talked about in class.
What were aristocracy, democracy, oligarchy, and monarchy?
Name of the Greek citizen-soldiers that made up their armies.
What is a hoplite?