Chapter 3 TEST REVIEW

The empire that Sargon established was continued by his grandson.. but fell less than 100 years after his grandson's death.

Naram-Sin

The king of the Chaldeans who rebuilt Babylon was...

Nebuchadnezzar II

The empire ruled by Cyrus the Great...

Persia

The pharaoh who later changed his name to Akhenaten...

Amenhotep IV

A people known for using terror as an instrument of warfare...

Assyrians

Site of the Hanging Gardens

Babylon

Which leader of the Persian empire expanded in into the largest empire the world had yet seen?

Cyrus

While the Hyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots the Egyptian soldiers were limited to...

Donkey carts

A large political unit, usually with a single leader, that controls many territories...

Empire

In establishing his empire, Sargon executed the ruler of every Sumerian city-state he conquered.

False; Sargon used the former rulers of the conquered city-states as his governors.

Having been conquered by the Hyksos was not all bad for the Egyptians because the Hyksos taught the Egyptians...

How to make the bronze weapons and showed them the advantages of the horse-drawn war chariots.

The prophet Zoroaster taught that...

Humans had free choice

The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of...

Iron

When the ... were driven out of Egypt, they returned to their original lands to the south and built a successful trading empire.

Kushites

A city in Kush...

Meroe

The Chaldean king who restored Babylon to glory...

Nebuchadnezzar II

The name of Kush while it was still part of the Egyptian Empire...

Nubia

After the Egyptian Empire fell, it became a part of the empire of...

Rome

Persian route from Lydia to Susa

Royal Road

Around 2340 B.C., the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadian under their leader.

Sargon

The leader who established the world's first empire...

Sargon

The ruler of a province in the Persian empire...

Satrap

The first empire in the world history was...

The Akkadian empire

Hammurabi established his imperial capital in Babylon.

True

Hammurabi's Code protected people against false accusations. If someone brought a charge but then failed to prove it, the accuser would be punished.

True

The boy who restored worship of the old gods in the New Kingdom was named...

Tutankhamen

Persian relgion

Zoroastrianism

In the patriarchal Mesopotamian society...

A husband could divorce his wife if she failed in any of her duties.

What is most unusual about the pharaoh Hatshepsut?

Hatshepsut was a woman.

What military strategy did Hammurabi use to conquer lands and create his new Mesopotamian Kingdom?

He armed and trained his soldiers well, then used his armies to divide his opponents and defeat them one at a time.

Invaders who attacked the Egyptian Empire during its final days of power...

Sea peoples

Cyrus was called "the Great" because he...

Showed wisdom and compassion

During the New Kingdom, the Egyptian Empire reached its peak. What was one way that it showed its power?

The pharaohs constructed huge, magnificent temples and statues in their own honor.

Site of one of the world's first librarians

Nineveh

Although the pharaoh Ramses II tried to maintain the Egyptian Empire's strength, he failed because he was unable to hold out against...

The Sea Peoples

One example of the Assyrians' efficiency and effectiveness as administrators was...

Their system of carrying messages quickly, which involved a network of staging posts and relays of horses

Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten's religious reforms?

They accepted many gods, and did not like the idea of rejecting or destroying them to worship only one god.

In Hammurabi's Code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation or the idea that one must...

give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

Which following contributed to the efficient system of communication that was crucial to sustaining the Persian Empire?

Well-maintained roads and way stations to provide food, shelter, and fresh horses for traveling officials

Darius's elite cavalry and infantry forces were known as the Immortals because...

Whenever a soldier was killed, he was immediately replaced

The Code of Hammurabi paints a portrait of a society in which...

Almost anything that can go wrong is addressed by one law or another.

...tried to force the Egyptians to worship a single god, Aten.

Amenhotep IV or Akhenaten

The term for a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, controlling many peoples territories is...

An empire

King who extended the Persian Empire to India

Darius

Hammurabi is remembered for...

Establishing a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society

Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that...

Everyone accepted him as ruler

After the fall of Akkadian empire, only a few decades passed before the Babylonian empire arose.

False; It was several centuries.

The Code of Hammurabi reveals that in ancient Babylon a marriage was decided upon by the two young people who wanted to wed.

False; Parents arranged marriages for their children.

The pharaoh Ahmose I was able to drive the ... out of Egypt around 1550 B.C. and establish the New Kingdom.

Hyksos

Why did the Kingdom of Kush become such a successful trading empire?

It was rich in natural resources, such as iron, and was located where an important route through the desert crossed the Nile.