Soc Stu 4:3

King Darius's power depended on his ____.

• army

• nobles

• tax collectors

• chief of polis

The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great covered northern Mesopotamia, Syria, Canaan, the Phoenician cities, and ____.

• Asia Minor

• the Caspian Sea

• Greece

• the Red Sea

What angered the subject of the Persian Empire and caused them to rebel?

• high tax

• a drought

• a war

• the king's sons plotting to take over the throne

Which two armies worked together to defeat the Persians in 499 B.C.?

• Greeks in Asia Minor and Athenians

• Syrians and Canaanites

• Jews and Zoroasters

• Phoenicians and Mesopotamians

place where the Greek fleet attacked the Persian fleet

• strait of Salamis

• Thermopylae

• Plataea

• Asia Minor

the religion pg Persia

means "protector of the kingdom"

area known today as southwestern Iran

son of Darius

Who wrote the History of the Persian Wars?

• Xerxes

• Alexander the Great

• Herodotus

• Themistocles