Question 1

What is a satrapy?

Accepted Answer

A province similar to a state

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A type of weapon

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A religious leader

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A military strategy

Question 2

What was the Royal Road?

Accepted Answer

A roadway that improved travel to newly conquered lands

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A major river in Persia

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A historical site in Athens

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A famous trade route in Greece

Question 3

What did Darius I do to manage the Persian Empire?

Accepted Answer

Divided the empire into provinces called satrapies

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Eliminated all religions

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Established a navy

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Conquered Greece

Question 4

What was Zoroastrianism?

Accepted Answer

A monotheistic religion believing in one god, Ahura Mazda

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A polytheistic collection of gods

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A form of governance

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A military strategy

Question 5

What strategy did the Athenians use to defeat the Persians at Marathon?

Accepted Answer

They outsmarted them by waiting for them to return to their ships before attacking.

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They fled from the battlefield

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They built bigger ships

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They attacked from multiple sides

Question 6

What was the outcome of the Battle of Thermopylae?

Accepted Answer

The Greeks lost after a traitor revealed their position to the Persians

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The battle ended in a stalemate

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The Greeks won decisively

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The Persians retreated

Question 7

How did the Greeks win the Battle of Salamis?

Accepted Answer

They trapped large Persian ships in a strait and attacked.

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They fought from land instead

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They outnumbered the Persian fleet

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They used larger ships

Question 8

What was the final battle of the Greco-Persian War?

Accepted Answer

Plataea

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Salamis

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Marathon

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Thermopylae

Question 9

What did the Greeks have that helped them win at Plataea?

Accepted Answer

Improved weapons and armor

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Larger troop numbers

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Divine intervention

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Better naval strategies

Question 10

What was the first battle of the Greco-Persian War?

Accepted Answer

Marathon

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Thermopylea

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Salamis

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Plataea

Question 11

Why was Cyrus called Cyrus the Great?

Accepted Answer

He treated his conquered people fairly.

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He treated his conquered people like a tyrant.

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He died at a young age.

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He built the Royal temple.

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