5-3: Greece & Persia

1. to fall

• satrapy
• Zoroastrianism
• channel
• obtained
• collapse

2. a territory governed by an official known as a satrap

• satrapy
• Zoroastrianism
• channel
• obtained
• collapse

3. a straight or narrow sea between two land masses; a canal

• satrapy
• Zoroastrianism
• channel
• obtained
• collapse

4. get, acquire, or secure

• satrapy
• Zoroastrianism
• channel
• obtained
• collapse

5. A Persian religion based on the belief in one god

• satrapy
• Zoroastrianism
• channel
• obtained
• collapse

6. Persian King Darius I

• divided the Persian empire into provinces called satrapies
• sent the Zoroastrians into exile
• didn't make any changes to the empire during his rule

7. How were Greece and Persia different?

• The Greeks were very religious while the Persians were not
• The Persians obeyed an all-powerful king while the Greeks believed that people should choose their own rulers.
• The Persians didn't like to fight, but the Greeks loved war

8. Who won the Battle of Marathon?

• The Athenians
• The Persians

9. The Greeks defeated the Persians at sea by...

• boarding their ships and crashing them into rocks
• launching spears at their boats from the shore
• luring them into a channel where their boats got stuck

10. Which factors led to the decline of the Persian Empire?

• The army was weakened after losses to Greece, and rulers disagreed about who should have power.
• The people began to rebel against the Persian kings, causing a long series of civil wars.
• A series of natural disasters (droughts and earthquakes) devastated the Persian homeland.
• The king's sons plotted to take over the throne, causing a civil war.