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.
