Lesson 3: Assyrian and Persian Empires

A cavalry is made up of...

• professional soldiers

• soldiers who use iron weapons

• soldiers who march on foot

• soldiers who ride horses

Who were the Immortals?

• a group of gods worshipped by the Assyrians

• a group of gods worshipped by the Persians

• Assyrian soldiers who died in battle

• an elite group of the Persian standing army

How did Darius govern over the vast Persian Empire?

• He divided the empire into provinces and appointed leader for each province

• He banned local customs and imposed Persian ways on all people

• He created a uniform set of laws that applied to each of his territories

• He traveled from province to province to oversee government personally

What was tribute?

• an offering made to the gods

• a payment made from the government to a fallen soldier's family

• a payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power

• an allowance from the government to farmers

What is a stele?

• a cylinder seal

• a colorful decorative tile

• a carved stone slab or pillar

• a temple on top of a ziggurat

cavalry

• money, something used for exchange

• soldiers who fight while riding horses

• a permanent army of professional soldiers

• payment or gift to a stronger power

standing army

• grand stone pillar

• to improve

• a permanent army of professional soldiers

• representing the best

tribute

• payment or gift to a stronger power

• a system of writing

• soldiers who fight while riding horses

• to improve

currency

• state containing several countries or territories

• plentiful or in large quantity

• to improve

• money, something used for exchange

stele

• brick, pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple

• independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

• grand stone pillar

• trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money