Chpt 3 and 4

Question 1

Iron Age

Answer 1

The age an which iron is used for tools and weapons instead of bronze

Question 2

Hittites

Answer 2

Speakers of an Indo-European language who became the foremost power in Anatolia from 1700 to 1200 B.C.E

Question 3

Hatshepsut

Answer 3

Female Pharaoh, who thought of herself as male

Question 4

Akhenaten

Answer 4

“beneficial to Aten” closed temple of other Gods, challenging the age-old supremacy of the chief god Amon

Question 5

Ramsses II

Answer 5

Ramsses the Great ruled for 66 years

Question 6

Minoan Civilization

Answer 6

Located on Crete, had centralized government, monumental building , bronze metallurgy, writing, record keeping

Question 7

Mycenae

Answer 7

Southern Greece, Odyssey and Iliad spoke of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae

Question 8

Shaft Graves

Answer 8

Discovered at Mycenae, a circle of graves, containing bodies of men, women, and children

Question 9

Linear B

Answer 9

Mycenaean writing script

Question 10

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Answer 10

Chief force for change, powerful and agressive

Question 11

Mass Deportation

Answer 11

forcibly uprooting entire communities and resettling them elswhere

Question 12

Library of Ashurbanipal

Answer 12

contained more than 25000 tablets/fragments of tablets

Question 13

Israel

Answer 13

Land of the Israelites

Question 14

Hebrew Bibe

Answer 14

Called the old Testament by Christians, compilation of several collections of materials that originated with different groups, employed distinctive vocabularies, and advocated particular interpretations of past events.

Question 15

First Temple

Answer 15

strengthened the link between religious and secular authority

Question 16

Monotheism

Answer 16

Belief In one God

Question 17

Diaspora

Answer 17

Scattering of Jews from homeland

Question 18

Phoenicians

Answer 18

Referred to as Canaanites, created alphabet and expanded into the Meditteranean

Question 19

Carthage

Answer 19

Phoenician colony which was largely commercial in the Mediterranean

Question 20

Neo-Babylonian Kingdom

Answer 20

Underwent cultural renaissance, enlarged and adorned

Question 21

Cyrus

Answer 21

Son of persian chieftain and Median princess who placed Medes and Persians in positions of responsibility and retained framework of Median Rule

Question 22

Darius I

Answer 22

Seized Persian throne, extended Persian control eastward as far as Indus Valley and westward into Europe

Question 23

Satrap

Answer 23

What the twenty provinces of Persia were called, also known as the governors who ruled those Satraps

Question 24

Persepolis

Answer 24

Treasure and Fortification Texts, inscribed in Elamite Cuneiform showed that gov’t officials distributed food and other essential commodities to large numbers of workers of many different nationalities

Question 25

Zoroastrianism

Answer 25

Persian Religion, god is Ahuramazda

Question 26

Polis

Answer 26

Greek City-State

Question 27

Hoplites

Answer 27

Heavily armored infantry men who fought in close formation

Question 28

Tyrant

Answer 28

Mid-seventh and sixth centuries individual tyrant held power of city-state

Question 29

Democracy

Answer 29

exercise of political power by all free adult males

Question 30

Sacrifice

Answer 30

central ritual of Greek religion

Question 31

Herodotus

Answer 31

published his histories, writer

Question 32

Pericles

Answer 32

evolved Athenian democracy, transferring all power to the Assemble, council of 500, and People's Courts.

Question 33

Persian Wars

Answer 33

failed revolt/uprising led to this war of Greek vs. Persia, Greek won using naval strategy

Question 34

Trireme

Answer 34

Sleek, fast vessel powered by 170 rowers, premier warship

Question 35

Socrates

Answer 35

Famous Greek philosopher

Question 36

Peloponnesian War

Answer 36

nightmarish struggle for survival between the Athenian and Spartan alliance systems

Question 37

Alexandar

Answer 37

came to be known as Alexander The Great, conquered vast amount of places

Question 38

Hellenistic Age

Answer 38

Ushered by the conquests of Alexander the Great, the spread of Greek culture

Question 39

Ptolemies

Answer 39

dynasty that ruled Egypt and sometimes laid claim to adjacent Syria-Palestine

Question 40

Alexandria

Answer 40

First of the new cities laid out by Alexander, located near to the westernmost branch of the Nile runs into the Mediterranean Sea

Question 41

Roman Republic

Answer 41

507-31 B.C.E, not a democracy, but all male citizens were eligible to vote, but richer men got their votes counted more

Question 42

Roman Senate

Answer 42

Real central power, technically an advisory council first to kings and later to annually changing Republican officials

Question 43

Patron/client Relationships

Answer 43

Complex ties of obligations which bound together individuals and families

Question 44

Roman Principate

Answer 44

period following Roman Republic

Question 45

Augustus

Answer 45

One of many honorific titles that the Roman Senate gave Octavian

Question 46

Equites

Answer 46

Class of well-to-do Italian Merchants and landowners, second in wealth and social class

Question 47

Pax Romana

Answer 47

Period of peace in Rome

Question 48

Romanization

Answer 48

spread of Latin language and Roman way of life

Question 49

Jesus

Answer 49

young carpenter from Galilee region in northern Israel

Question 50

Paul

Answer 50

Jew from city of Tarsus in SE Anatolia converted to new creed, and spread word

Question 51

Aqueducts

Answer 51

long elevated or underground conduits which carried water to city

Question 52

3rd Century Crisis

Answer 52

period from 235 to 284 B.C.E when political, military, and economic problems beset and nearly destroyed Roman Empire

Question 53

Constantine

Answer 53

Reunited the entire empire under his sole rule

Question 54

Byzantine Empire

Answer 54

derived from Constantinople's original name, came into use in the Eastern Empire

Question 55

Qin

Answer 55

Warring state that become China's first empire

Question 56

Shi Huangdi

Answer 56

Qin Empire barely survived the death of its founder, the Shi Huangdi

Question 57

Han

Answer 57

power passed to the dynasty, which ruled China from 206 b.c.e to 220 c.e

Question 58

Chang'an

Answer 58

surrounded by wall of pounded earth and brick 15 miles, bustling place filled with many people

Question 59

Gentry

Answer 59

the class in china next in wealth below aristocrats