7-3 Persia Attacks the Greeks Quiz

Which ruler united the Persians into a powerful kingdom?

• Zoroaster

• Cyrus the Great

• Alexander the Great

• Xerxes

In 490 B.C. a 20,000 soldier fleet landed on the plain of __________ only a short distance from Athens.

• Marathon

• Thermopylae

• Salamis

• Delphi

3. The Persian religion was called:

• Zoroastrianism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

4. Cyrus treated his subjects with:

• kindness and respect

• harshness and cruelty

• indifference

• strict discipline

5. The battle of Platea was a turning point of the war for the Greeks because:

• it marked the end of Persian invasions into Greece.

• it was the first major victory for the Greeks.

• it led to the rise of the Roman Empire.

• it resulted in the unification of Greek city-states.

Led the first attack against Greece, he helped the Persian government to make it work better.

• Darius I

• Xerxes I

• Leonidas

• Themistocles

Founder of the Persian religion.

• Zoroaster

• Cyrus the Great

• Darius I

• Xerxes I

10. Athens messenger whose last words were “victory”.

• Pheidippides

• Leonidas

• Themistocles

• Pericles

Led the second invasion of Greece this time bringing 120,000 soldiers with him.

• Xerxes I

• Leonidas

• Alexander the Great

• Darius I

12. Spartan king who served as a commander.

• Leonidas

• Agis

• Cleomenes

• Pausanias