The Ottomans and Persia
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What is Persia known as today?
Iran
(wrong answers:
Iraq,
Turkey,
Rome,
Afghanistan)
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What is the name of a leader in Persia? ____________Abbas
Shah
(wrong answers:
Sheik,
Emperor,
President,
Prime Minister)
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Which of these would be titles of leaders of an empire, clan, group, etc?
Sultan, Shah, Khan, Emperor
(wrong answers:
King, Sultan, Advisor, Hun,
Emperor, Khan, King, Major,
Khan, Shah, Vizier, Warrior,
Sultan, Knight, Page, Shah)
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How many parts was the empire of Alexander the Great divided into?
3
(wrong answers:
5,
2,
6,
4)
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Alexander the Great's general Seleucus claimed Persia. His descendants became known as ___________.
Seleucids
(wrong answers:
Parthians,
Indians,
Iranians,
Safavids)
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Parthia had been part of the Persian kingdom but broke away and set up their own empire. They grew to be the largest empire in the Middle East. What did the Parthian kings do to cause the down fall of Parthia?
They quarreled with the nobleman.
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Who were the Muslims and what happened when they came into Persia?
They spread a new religion called Islam
(wrong answers:
They warred with the Persians for thirty years.,
They raided the empire and took slaves back to Arabian peninsula.,
They became slaves of the Persians.,
They adopted the religion of Zoroastrianism.)