Persia

Question 1

Where is Modern day Persia?

Answer 1

Iran

Question 2

Cyrus the great

Answer 2

Forges an empire based in tolerance, allows jews to return to Jerusalem, King of kings

Question 3

Darius

Answer 3

Creates an imperial bureaucracy

Question 4

Royal road

Answer 4

Creates a more efficient way to send messages

Question 5

Satraps/satrapies

Answer 5

A leader of a province (satrapies)

Question 6

Zoastrianism

Answer 6

The main Persian religion, the idea of two opposing forces (heaven and hell)

Question 7

Egyptian religion/belief system

Answer 7

Polytheistic

Question 8

Silt

Answer 8

Rich soil

Question 9

Egyptian expansion is stemmed at the battle of ______

Answer 9

Kadesh

Question 10

Ramses || is best known for what

Answer 10

His exploits in the battle of Kadesh and bringing Egypt into the golden age.

Question 11

_________________ conquer and rule Egypt as pharaohs

Answer 11

Libyan interlopers

Question 12

Sargon of Akkad creates the first empire in Mesopotamia by

Answer 12

Creating city-states

Question 13

Sumerian language/writing

Answer 13

Cuneiform

Question 14

Sumerian religion

Answer 14

Polytheistic

Question 15

Sumerian city-statas were ruled by _______

Answer 15

Priests

Question 16

Where was the capital for the Assyrian empire

Answer 16

Ninevah

Question 17

Babylonian king

Answer 17

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 18

Diaspora

Answer 18

Fleeing of jews

Question 19

Judaism

Answer 19

Monotheistic

Question 20

Ancient Palestine

Answer 20

Promised land

Question 21

Moses

Answer 21

Led the people out of egypt

Question 22

Abraham

Answer 22

Abraham was the first Hebrew patriarch and is revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. According to the Bible, he was called by God to journey to a new land, where he founded a new nation.

Question 23

Ziggarat

Answer 23

Temple

Question 24

Phoenicians created the first ________

Answer 24

Alphabet

Question 25

First civilization

Answer 25

Sumer

Question 26

First law code

Answer 26

Hammurabi’s code

Question 27

First monotheistic religion

Answer 27

Judaism