HST 100 EXAM 3 questions well
answered to pass
The Iranian plateau - correct answer ✔✔was hot, dry and rugged terrain
In 330 BC, a Macedonian ruler conquered the Persian Empire. Who was he? - correct answer
✔✔Alexander the Great
The greatest Persian king, famous for his religious tolerance, was - correct answer ✔✔Cyrus
What is a qanat? - correct answer ✔✔An underground water delivery system in ancient Persia
The Persian king that established the first Persian dynasty in 700 BC was - correct answer
✔✔Achaemenes
The empire over which Cyrus the Great ruled in 6th c BCE was the largest ancient world ever
seen, even Rome - correct answer ✔✔true
A majestic royal park located in the capital of ancient Persian that had over 1,000 meters of
channels was called - correct answer ✔✔Paradisia
The capital of Persia that Cyrus built and where his tomb is still located was in - correct answer
✔✔Pasargadae
When Cyrus conquered a new territory, he refused to enslave his new subjects, borrowed from
their technology and developed it - correct answer ✔✔true
, Cyrus was the only gentile in the Bible who was called Messiah for allowing Jews to return to
Jerusalem - correct answer ✔✔true
Another Great king of Persia after Cyrus who rebuilt the city of Susa, and built the famous city of
Persepolis was - correct answer ✔✔Darius
In the battle of Marathon between Persia and Greeks during the region of Darius, who won the
battle? - correct answer ✔✔Greeks
What did Xerxes, son of Darius, do when he reached the city of Athens in the 5th c BCE? -
correct answer ✔✔He burned it
When Alexander the Great conquered Persepolis, what did he do to the city? - correct answer
✔✔he burned it
Alexander buried Darius III's body respectfully and then married his daughter - correct answer
✔✔true
What did Alexander do after he destroyed Darius III's power? - correct answer ✔✔he
established himself as the ruler of the Achaemenid empire
who built persepolis? / who destroyed it? - correct answer ✔✔darius/alexander
Darius used slave labor to build Persepolis - correct answer ✔✔false
To connect all parts of the empire, Darius created a special road. What was it called? - correct
answer ✔✔The royal road
The Persian kings wanted to be remembered as - correct answer ✔✔gardeners
answered to pass
The Iranian plateau - correct answer ✔✔was hot, dry and rugged terrain
In 330 BC, a Macedonian ruler conquered the Persian Empire. Who was he? - correct answer
✔✔Alexander the Great
The greatest Persian king, famous for his religious tolerance, was - correct answer ✔✔Cyrus
What is a qanat? - correct answer ✔✔An underground water delivery system in ancient Persia
The Persian king that established the first Persian dynasty in 700 BC was - correct answer
✔✔Achaemenes
The empire over which Cyrus the Great ruled in 6th c BCE was the largest ancient world ever
seen, even Rome - correct answer ✔✔true
A majestic royal park located in the capital of ancient Persian that had over 1,000 meters of
channels was called - correct answer ✔✔Paradisia
The capital of Persia that Cyrus built and where his tomb is still located was in - correct answer
✔✔Pasargadae
When Cyrus conquered a new territory, he refused to enslave his new subjects, borrowed from
their technology and developed it - correct answer ✔✔true
, Cyrus was the only gentile in the Bible who was called Messiah for allowing Jews to return to
Jerusalem - correct answer ✔✔true
Another Great king of Persia after Cyrus who rebuilt the city of Susa, and built the famous city of
Persepolis was - correct answer ✔✔Darius
In the battle of Marathon between Persia and Greeks during the region of Darius, who won the
battle? - correct answer ✔✔Greeks
What did Xerxes, son of Darius, do when he reached the city of Athens in the 5th c BCE? -
correct answer ✔✔He burned it
When Alexander the Great conquered Persepolis, what did he do to the city? - correct answer
✔✔he burned it
Alexander buried Darius III's body respectfully and then married his daughter - correct answer
✔✔true
What did Alexander do after he destroyed Darius III's power? - correct answer ✔✔he
established himself as the ruler of the Achaemenid empire
who built persepolis? / who destroyed it? - correct answer ✔✔darius/alexander
Darius used slave labor to build Persepolis - correct answer ✔✔false
To connect all parts of the empire, Darius created a special road. What was it called? - correct
answer ✔✔The royal road
The Persian kings wanted to be remembered as - correct answer ✔✔gardeners
