The early empire that controlled most the Middle East and was ruled by Darius I was the ____________.

A. Safavid Empire
Incorrect. The Safavid Empire was not an early empire.

B. Persian Empire
Correct! The Persian Empire were traders and eventually conquered the Greeks.

C. Abbasid Empire
Incorrect. The Abbasid Dynasty followed the Persian Empire.

D. Ottoman Empire
Incorrect. The Ottoman Empire occurred much later.

In 1507, the Portuguese seized _________.

A. Kuwait
Incorrect. Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War.

B. Indian Ocean Trade Routes
Incorrect. The Portuguese were beginning to be influential in the Indian Ocean, but did not dominate.

C. Hormuz
Correct! The Portuguese seized this strategic geographic area.

D. Iran
Incorrect. They did not seize all of Iran, but did seize Hormuz.

The empire that developed new science and navigation technology was the _________.

A. Safavid Empire
Incorrect. The Safavid Empire occurred later in history.

B. Persian Empire
Incorrect. These technologies did not exist yet during the Persian Empire.

C. Abbasid Empire
Correct! Many new scientific discoveries and developments in navigation occurred during this period.

D. Ottoman Empire
Incorrect. The Ottoman Empire followed the Abbasids.

The Sykes-Picot Treaty __________.

A. divided the Persian Gulf area between the French and the British
Correct! The Ottoman Empire was collapsing and the British and French gained from their losses.

B. ended Portuguese control of Hormuz
Incorrect. The Portuguese were defeated by the Safavids with the help of the British in 1613.

C. gave the Ottoman Empire complete control of Indian Ocean trade routes
Incorrect. The Ottoman Empire was on its way out when the treaty was signed.

D. caused Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait
Incorrect. Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War occurred in the last part of the 20th century.