Reading Guide Chapter 5 Vocab

Question 1

hegemony

Answer 1

The predominance of one unit over the others in a group, for example, one state and it Confederation.

Question 2

dominance

Answer 2

The imposition of alien government through force, as opposed to hegemony

Question 3

Sargon of Akkad

Answer 3

2350 B.C.E., took control of the region, creating world’s first empire, standardized measurements, Akkadian language used on state documents

Question 4

Assyrians

Answer 4

descended from the Akkadians, constant warfare; use of terror, forces migration, torture

Question 5

Balance of powers

Answer 5

the power held by a small group when larger groups are of equal strength.

Question 6

Satrapy

Answer 6

a province governed by a satrap.

Question 7

Cyrus II

Answer 7

administered land with existing bureaucracy, allowed exiled Jews to return to Judea, returned stolen treasure from temple in Jerusalem

Question 8

Darius I

Answer 8

army general, Prince of Achaemenid dynasty, murdered Bardyia, used local administrators to staff local gov’t, trilingual, recorded laws, rationalized tax, fixed irrigation

Question 9

deme

Answer 9

a rural district or village in ancient Greece, or its members or inhabitants

Question 10

hoplite

Answer 10

a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece, whose function was to fight in close formation, usually in ranks of eight men

Question 11

sophist

Answer 11

an itinerant professor of higher education in ancient Greece, who gave instruction for a fee