History Quiz

In 500 B.C., a talented king named _______ the Great built a strong army. Became one of the largest in the ancient world.

• Cyrus

• Alexander

• Darius

• Xerxes

Cyrus held his growing empire by treating _______ peoples _______. Allowed people to maintain their own practices.

• conquered, fairly

• friendly, harshly

• allied, indifferently

• neighboring, strictly

Persians improved the network of _______. The _______ Road ran about 1600 miles from Persia to Anatolia.

• roads, Royal

• rivers, Silk

• canals, Spice

• trails, Gold

Darius I, who ruled in Persia from 522 to 486 B.C., reorganized the government. He divided the empire into provinces called ______. Each was ruled by a governor called a ______.

• satrapies, satrap

• districts, mayor

• regions, chieftain

• counties, count

Jobs—collected ______, judged legal cases, managed ______, recruited soldiers.

• taxes, policies

• fees, events

• fines, resources

• duties, projects

Persia had a full-time, paid, professional army. Best fighters were known as ______ because when a member died another one was brought in. 10,000 best fighters trained to guard the king.

• Immortals

• Guardians

• Warriors

• Defenders

The Persian religion was called ________. Founded by Zoroaster.

• Zoroastrianism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Islam

He taught that there was ________ supreme god. Called ________ ________ or "________ ________".

• one Odin Valhalla Ruler

• one Ahura Mazda Wise Lord

• one Ahura Mazda Wise Lord

• one Zeus Olympus King

• two Ahura Mazda Wise Lord

In 490 B.C., Darius sent a fleet of ________ ships and an army to invade Greece. They landed at ________.

• 600 ships, Marathon

• 500 ships, Athens

• 700 ships, Sparta

• 800 ships, Thebes

This made Persians sail directly to Athens and attack by sea. They began loading their ships with their strongest units -- the ________.

• cavalry

• infantry

• archers

• sailors