Chapter 7- Section 3

1. Chapter 7- Section 3 Persia Attacks the Greeks

2. People/Places/Key Words/?’s • Today, the country of ______ contains the land that was once called _________. • Under ______ ___ _______, ______ became united into a powerful kingdom. • _______ treated all his new subjects _____. • Under leaders of _______, the countries of _______, ______ ______, and ________, were conquered.

3. People/Places/Key Words/?’s • Persia became difficult to manage the bigger it became. _______ came to the thrown and reorganized the government to make it work better. • ________ improved the government by ________ the empire into _____ states called ________. Each was ruled by an official called a _____ who acted as a ______ ________, ______, _____ ___ ______, and head _________ for the ______.

4. People/Places/Key Words/?’s • The Persian religion was called ___________. • It’s founder ________ began preaching after seeing _______ as a young man. • Why were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians on the plain of Marathon?

5. People/Places/Key Words/?’s • After _______ dies, his son _______ became king of Persia. • When _______ invaded Greece, the cities of _________ and _______ joined forces. • ________ sent their king ___________ to serve as commander. _______ provided the navy with it’s general ___________ creating the plan to fight the Persians.

6. People/Places/Key Words/?’s • The ________ of ___________ helped Athens because it gave Athens enough time to assemble ______ _______. • Why was the Battle of Plataea a turning point for the Greeks?

7. People/Places/Key Words/?’s • What three things led to the Persian Wars? • The Big Idea for this section is “Conflict often brings about great change.” What great change did conflict with the Persians cause?

8. Interesting Factoids • The Royal Road was lined with more than 110 inns. Each built about 15 miles apart, or about one day’s journey by horseback. The kings messengers carried information from inn to inn, keeping travelers and locals informed. • Greek warships called triremes had three levels of oarsmen on each side. Shipbuilders armed the boat with bronze-and-wood rams that weighed hundreds of pounds. They could sink other ships by hitting them with their rams.

9. Interesting Factoids • The Persians used many different peoples to bolster their army. The Scythians lived in the grasslands north of the Black Sea and used hit-and-run tactics to keep the Persians from seizing their homeland. Darius so admired their skills with bows and arrows that he hired them to help invade Greece.