Unit 5 Lesson 28

Question 1

Allies

Answer 1

A country that is friendly to another country in times of war.

Question 2

Approached

Answer 2

To move closer to someone or something.

Question 3

Cavalry

Answer 3

Soldiers who ride on horses.

Question 4

Convinced

Answer 4

To persuade someone that something is true.

Question 5

Darius

Answer 5

Great Persian King, who ruled from about 522 to 486 B.C.E.

Question 6

Greco-Persian Wars

Answer 6

(490-479 B.C.E.) the period of fighting between the Persian empire and the allied Greek city-states for control of the land in Greece.

Question 7

Hellespont

Answer 7

A long narrow body of water between Europe and Asia.

Question 8

Navy

Answer 8

The part of a nations military that fights at sea.

Question 9

Persian Empire

Answer 9

A vast empire from 550 to 330 B.C.E. that ruled over lands in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Question 10

Xerxes

Answer 10

Son of Darius and ruler of Persia from 486 to 465 B.C.E. Eventually defeated by the Greeks at the end of the Persian invasion of Greece.