Chp. 4 Test

1. Beginning around 850 BC, ​ (a)   acquired a large empire...they did this with highly advanced ​ (b)   and state-of-the-art ​ (c)   . Through constant ​ (d)   , Assyrian kings built an ​empire that stretched from the Tigris river all the way to central ​ (e)   .

• Assyria
• military organization
• weaponry
• warfare
• empire
• Egypt
• Machinery
• Peacetime

1. Assyria was a society that glorified ​ (a)   .  It’s soldiers covered themselves in stiff leather and ​ (b)   armor. During attacks, the Assyrians would shoot wave upon wave of ​ (c)   and a group of troops would hammer the city gates with massive iron-tipped ​ (d)   . 

• military strength
• metal
• arrows
• battering rams

1. With each new land the Assyrians conquered brought more ​ (a)   for the Assyrian treasury.  If conquered people refused to pay, they were ​ (b)   . The Assyrian capital was at ​ (c)   .  Nineveh is known for having one of the ancient world’s largest ​ (d)   .

• taxed
• exiled
• executed
• Nineveh
• libraries
• Ziggurats

1. The Chaldean king named ​ (a)   restored the city of Babylon.  The most famous part of his city was the ​ (b)   . Nebuchadnezzar had fragrant trees and shrubs planted on the terraces that rose 75 feet above the plain.  The Greeks deemed this one of the ​ (c)   of the ancient world. 

• Nebuchdnezzar
• hanging gardens
• Hammurabi
• Cyrus
• Temple of Doom
• Temple
• Seven Wonders

1. The city of Babylon was a wonder, it’s walls were so thick that a ​ (a)   - Horse chariot could ride on top of it.  There was also a ​ (b)   hundred foot ​ ​ (c)   that was visible for miles.  From up there the priests studied the ​ (d)   .  These Chaldean observations formed the basis for both astronomy and ​ (e)   .

• Four
• 300
• Ziggurat
• stars
• astrology
• Pyramid
• Universe
• Weather

1. The king of Persia in 550 B.C. was named ​ (a)   .  Cyrus was a military genius, helping the Persians control an empire that spanned 2K miles. Cyrus had a unique method of governing conquered lands, he was tolerant and honored the local customs and ​ (b)   of the lands he took over. Cyrus would not let his soldiers loot or burn the conquered cities as other conquerors had done in the past, instead he would ​ (c)   and ​ (d)   at the local temple.

• Cyrus
• religions
• kneel
• pray
• Loot
• Hammurabi

1. Cyrus was killed in battle, his son, ​ (a)   took over and expanded Persia into ​ (b)   .  

• Cambyses
• Egypt
• Nebuchdnezzar
• Hammurabi
• Greece
• Crete

Cambyses was not as kind as his father, when he took over Egypt he ordered images of Egyptian gods to be ​ (a)   .  Cambyses only ruled for 8 years, when he died a noble warrior named ​ (b)   took the throne

• burned
• Darius
• looted
• taken
• Cyrus

Under Darius’s rule, the Persian empire now spread across 2,500 miles.  Darius divided his large empire into 20 ​ (a)   ….each one could have their own ​ (b)   , speak their own ​ (c)   and have their own laws. This form of administration was called ​ (d)   which means living by their own laws within one Empire.

• provinces
• religion
• language
• nationalities

Darius appointed each province with a ____________ which was like a governor, and he appointed a tax collector, he also sent out inspectors to make sure each province was working according to Darius’ wishes.

• Satrap

• Tax Collector

• Inspector

• Mayor