DSST Intro to World Religions Exam Prep

Answer: B - The Muslim Arab Invasion of Persia (during the Sassanid Empire) in 651 C.E. resulted in the radical decline of Zoroastrianism (or Zarathustrianism), a religion that was native to Persia. Zoroastrianism spread to other parts of Asia as adherents fled Persia. In the present-day, approximately 100,000 to 200,000 people still practice the faith. The creator god, Ahura Mazda, is the leading figure of worship in the faith, which advocates that followers have free will and should choose to commit good acts that better the world, for which there would be rewards in an afterlife (or punishments, if good acts were not undertaken).