C9S1 Greece and Persia

These officials collected taxes, served as judges, and put down rebellions within their territories.

• satraps
• cavalry
• Immortals

Cyrus was successful in his expansion of the empire because 

• Everyone had to follow his religion and laws.
• He let the people keep their religion and customs.

What did historians call Cyrus II?

• Cyrus The Great
• King of Kings
• The Almighty King

A unit of soldiers who rode horses as they attacked is called...

• satraps
• cavalry
• Immortals

Immortals are...

• elite infantry of 10,000 soldiers 
  
• People who live forever
• The gods

How did Darius I become the leader of ancient Persia?

• He inherited it from Cyrus II.
• He killed several rivals for the throne

He reorganized and strengthened the Persian Empire.

• Xerxes I
• Cyrus II
• Darius I

The Persian Empire was connected by what road system?

• Silk Road
• Royal Road
• Great Road

The Persian road system was the best in the world; one Persian road was ___________ miles long.

• 1700
• 170
• 17

Under Darius, this new religion emerged in the Persian Empire.

• Zoroastrianism
• Islam
• Polytheism