Chapter 2, Section 3 Quiz

A person who rules an empire is called a(n)...

• emperor

• high priest

• king

• pharoah

The area of rich soil and water that stretches in a curve from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf is called...

• the Babylonian Empire.

• The Fertile Crescent.

• Mesopotamia.

• Southwest Asia.

Around 2350 B.C., King Sargon of Akkad established the world's first...

• city-state.

• code of law.

• democracy.

• empire.

To help him control and rule his empire, Hammurabi created a...

• set of courts.

• series of taxes.

• code of law.

• network of spies.

The money that conquered peoples are forced to pay to their conquerors in return for protection is called...

• interest.

• ransom.

• taxes.

• tribute.

The practice of forcing people to move from their homeland to a place far away is known as...

• dictatorship.

• empire.

• exile.

• migration.

The Assyrian Empire was taken over by...

• Medes and Chaldeans.

• Persians and Medes.

• Chaldeans and Babylonians

• Medes and Babylonians.

In dealing with conquered peoples, Cyrus the Great followed a policy of...

• equality.

• inequality.

• intolerance.

• tolerance.

The Persian ruler Darius divided his empire into...

• city-states.

• military districts.

• provinces.

• satraps.

Local officials who governed an area for Darius were called...

• commanders.

• satraps.

• scribes.

• tribunes.