The earth and its peoples chapter 4 study guide and answers
Subject:
World History [1]
1. What were the fundamental environmental factor(s) in Iran? Pg 94 – scarcity of water, deserts, Persian Gulf & Caspian Sea, mountains
2. The Medes were the first Iranian people to do what? Pg 96 – have a complex level of political organization
3. The king responsible for unifying Iran was who? Pg 96 - Cyrus
4. The three social and occupational classes in ancient Iran were? Pg 96 – warriors, priests, & peasants
5. Cyrus and his father ruled their empire by following a practical approach of what? Pg 96 – respecting local priests and native traditions
6. The Persian provinces were administered by who? Pg 97 – satraps (provincial governors)
7. Though Greek sources depict Persian women as political pawns; recent findings suggest that Persian women of the elite class did what?