7th Grade - Chapter 6

Invaders from the north known as the ________ took over the region of the Mycenaeans.

Cyrus the Great was clever in his conquests.

In the Mycenaean culture, the palaces were the centers of the government.

Each satrap would collect __________, judge legal cases and recruit _________ for the Persian army.

Darius I reorganized the government

_________ standardized weights, measure, and units of money.

The development of an alphabet made record keeping easier.

The religion of Zoroastrinanism believed that people were free to choose between good and evil and that evil did exist.

The prophet Isaiah had told of the choosing of ______ by God.

Cyrus the Great rode ______ into battle because _______ are afraid of them.

The Dorians later called themselves the ______ and much later known as the Greeks.

Cyrus the Great did not harm the king or destroy the capitals of the territories he conquered.

The _________ had become the market place of the world

The Royal Road stretched from _______ to _______

Minoan culture is believed to have disappeared as a result of a series of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and hurricans

The _________ warriors introduced ________weapons and the skill of iron making.

The Greeks believed that _________ should choose their own rulers and government.

Persian soldiers were called immortals because when a member died another soldier would immediately take their place

Daniel was never able to rise to greater power under the Persians.

Cyrus made taxes uniformed and systematic

The _________ was the most impressive structure of Minoans.

__________ were the large farms where the ______ lived outside the walls of the palace

The most important route of the Persians was called the _________

After the Mycenaean civilization cities were destroyed, writing stopped.

The earliest known inhabitants of Greece were on the island of Crete and known as the ___________.

The Royal Road was more than 1,500 miles long.

_________ were provinces that the empire was divided into.

Homer taught the Greeks about the gods living on Mount Olympus in his stories.

The Dorians pushed into Greece and many fled to settle on the _________ islands and on the shores of _________.

A singing poet was known as a __________

Cyrus the Great would remove many of the officials in charge of the territories he conquered.

Writing developed again withe the increase of trade.

________ conquered the _______ by fighting them in cold of the winter knowing they rested during this time.

The Minoan culture suddenly ended.

The most famous of the singing poets was _________

The full time and professional army of Persia were called the __________.

Each satrap would collect _________, judge legal cases and recruit _________ for the Persian army

Under the Dorians, small dependent communities developed under local leaders who became emperors.

Persian and Greece had similiar civilizations

After the Royal Road, the journey from the capital to Sardis took three months to complete.