Achaemenid Persia
General Knowledge
- Ten Questions
1. Cyrus II defeated what Median King in 550 BC
Astyages
Harpagus
Croesus
Cambyes
2. The war between Cyrus the Great and Croesus destroyed what Great Empire?
Persian
Lydian
Egyptian
Greek
3. How far is Marathon from Athens?
15 miles
5 miles
26 miles
36 miles
4. The underground tunnels dug by the Persians to carry water were called …?
quinces
quaint
quarries
qanats
5. The Persian empire united which two people?
Persians and Greeks
Persians and Indians
Persians and Medes
Scythians and Greeks
6. Darius I died in ....
486 B.C.
501 B.C.
440 B.C.
330 B.C.
7. Who was the last Achaemenid King?
Darius III
Xerxes
Artaxerxes I
Mardonius
8. Which word does not come from Persia?
tiara
lemon
zero
asparagus
9. Who lead the Immortals regiment at Thermopylae?
Hydarnes
Mardonius
Darius
Tigranes
10. The Persian cavalry commander killed in the early stage of Plataea.
Memnon
Megabazus
Mardonius
Masistis