people and vocab

Question 1

zoroastrianism

Answer 1

the first monotheistic religion in this region

Question 2

zoroaster

Answer 2

he was the founder of the zoroastrian religion

Question 3

what was the avesta

Answer 3

a book written by zoroaster

Question 4

who was herodotus

Answer 4

he was the father of history. he was a greek historian who wrote about the persians.

Question 5

did herodotus like the persians

Answer 5

no, he did not like the persians. he portrayed the persians in a bad light. however, he was the only way we knew anything about the persians for a long time

Question 6

who founded the acaemenid dynasty

Answer 6

cyrus the great

Question 7

who was the king of southern persia

Answer 7

cyrus the great was the king of southern peresia

Question 8

why does cyrus the great name the empire the achaemenid empire

Answer 8

becausae it refers to his family name

Question 9

what was the cyrus cylinder

Answer 9

???

Question 10

tomyris of the massagetae

Answer 10

???

Question 11

who was darius I

Answer 11

he was a distant cousin of cyrus the great, but he still became emperor

Question 12

who constructed the royal road

Answer 12

darius I

Question 13

how long was the royal road and what was it connecting

Answer 13

it was a road from susa to sardis that was 1700 miles long.

Question 14

what was a well organized message system created by dairus I

Answer 14

the royal road

Question 15

why did darius I create a canal

Answer 15

he was concerned about controlling their ships. he built the canal that connected the red sea to the nile

Question 16

what does shahanshah mean

Answer 16

the king of kings

Question 17

who called himself shahanshah

Answer 17

Darius I

Question 18

who was xerxes I

Answer 18

???

Question 19

were the greeks a united country

Answer 19

no they were not

Question 20

who won the greek-persian wars

Answer 20

the greeks

Question 21

why did the persians lose the greek-persian wars

Answer 21

they got too ambitious and they were not as good in the water as the greeks were.

Question 22

where did the minoans live

Answer 22

they lived in crete

Question 23

what were the minoans writing called

Answer 23

their writing gis called linear A

Question 24

who were the mycenaens

Answer 24

they conquered crete

Question 25

what was the wrtiing of the mycenaeans

Answer 25

their writing was called linear B

Question 26

where did the trojan war take place

Answer 26

it took place in mycenean

Question 27

what was the bronze age collapse

Answer 27

it was the collapes of a lot of major empires

Question 28

what empires were apart of the bronze age collapse

Answer 28

the new kingdom egypt, the hittiies, and the myceneans

Question 29

who was to blame for the bronze age collapse

Answer 29

the sea peoples

Question 30

what was the greek dark ages

Answer 30

the time between the mycenaean empire and classical greece

Question 31

who were the purple people

Answer 31

the phoenicians

Question 32

how did the phonecians get purple dye

Answer 32

they got it from a sea snail

Question 33

what does the color purple symbolize

Answer 33

it symbolizes royalty

Question 34

who invented the most infuential peace of writing: the alphabet

Answer 34

the phonecians

Question 35

why did the phonecians create the alphabet

Answer 35

to keep records while they were conducting trade

Question 36

did the phonecian alphabet have any vowels

Answer 36

no, it was a consosant only alphabet

Question 37

why was the alphabet better than any other writing system

Answer 37

it was better than any other writing system because you only needed to memorize 22 symbols instead of a symbol for every word

Question 38

what was the greek pantheon

Answer 38

it was a collection of gods and goddesses

Question 39

describe the city states in anceint greece

Answer 39

they all had their own independent government, they worshiped different gods in each city state

Question 40

what did the city-states compete over

Answer 40

they competed over resources

Question 41

why did the greek city-states compete over resources

Answer 41

they competed over resources because they were all on islands

Question 42

describe the city-state athens

Answer 42

it was where the parthenon was, it was dedicated to athena

Question 43

what government did athens have

Answer 43

they had a democracy

Question 44

what is a democracy

Answer 44

a democracy was governed by the people

Question 45

where was the birhplace of democracy

Answer 45

athens

Question 46

who could not vote in athens

Answer 46

women and slaves

Question 47

how many people could vote in athens

Answer 47

only 10 percent of people could vote in ahtens

Question 48

explain the city-state of sparta

Answer 48

it was geared towards it military, every boy and girl were to be trained to be physically fit

Question 49

explain the greco-persian wars

Answer 49

persia invades greece and the greek city states had to unite to defend themselves

Question 50

what was a phalanx

Answer 50

the soldiers would stand in a line with shields in a tight formation

Question 51

how long did the greco-persian wars last

Answer 51

they lasted 50 years. it was sporadic fighting