World History: Ancient Middle East and Egypt DHPA

Question 1

What did Darius set up to help Persia’s economy

Accepted Answer

Common set of weights and measures, Set up coins to increase trade

Question 2

What is the purpose of Ishtar gate

Accepted Answer

Entry point through defensive walls

Question 3

What events led to the beginning of the Iron Age

Accepted Answer

Hittites empire collapsed and the people left with knowledge, Hittites brought technology to extract iron from ore

Question 4

How did the Phoenicians culture spread across ancient Middle East

Accepted Answer

Visitors came to the city of Tyre

Question 5

What was God promised land to the Israelites

Accepted Answer

Canaan

Question 6

What is the diaspora

Accepted Answer

Jews were exiled or moved to other empires

Question 7

In the 10 Commandments what things should you not do

Accepted Answer

Steal, Kill

Question 8

Which ruler built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Accepted Answer

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 9

How did Zoroaster relate to Gods worshiped by the Persians

Accepted Answer

He rejected all gods in favor of a single God

Question 10

What did Cyrus the great successfully do with the Persian empire

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Created roads and establish effective government, Believed in tolerance and acceptance of all people, United tribes and clans under one structure

Question 11

What is Osiris the god of

Accepted Answer

The dead, Nile

Question 12

By establishing a single Persian coinage what did Darius create,

Accepted Answer

Stronger trade and economic links among his subjects

Question 13

The goddess Isis comes from what type of religious belief

Accepted Answer

Polytheistic

Question 14

What features identify writing as cuneiform

Accepted Answer

Wedge shaped marks

Question 15

Which civilization created time of day and circle circumference

Accepted Answer

The Sumerians

Question 16

In the hummer Robbys code what rights did women have

Accepted Answer

Women could leave a marriage if the problems were not her, Women could own property and pass it to their children

Question 17

What are the characteristics of bureaucracy established by Darius in Persia

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Organized departments run by officials who follow set rules

Question 18

Why was writing valuable to ancient Egyptian government

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Allowed Egyptians to keep records and organized government

Question 19

What did David do

Accepted Answer

United the 12 tribes of Israel into a single nation

Question 20

Why is it surprising that the first library was found in Assyria?

Accepted Answer

Assyrians were known as warriors, not for learning

Question 21

What was the basis for Israel’s belief in Canaan as the promised land

Accepted Answer

A covenant with God

Question 22

Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple and forced which people into exile

Accepted Answer

Ancient Jews

Question 23

How did natural resources affect building of ancient Sumerian cities

Accepted Answer

Without wood or stone they built with bricks made of clay

Question 24

What were the first four Commandments of the Jewish 10 Commandments

Accepted Answer

Duties towards God

Question 25

What did Zoroastrianism believe?

Accepted Answer

Conflict held a place in the world

Question 26

What religion had Ahura Mazda decide who entered the kingdom of joy and who went to a horror

Accepted Answer

Zoroastrianism

Question 27

Who united the two regions of ancient Egypt

Accepted Answer

Menes

Question 28

Before Hammurabi‘s code how were crimes like robbery assault and murder handled

Accepted Answer

Victims were allowed to take law into their hand

Question 29

Hammurabi’s Code talked about civil law. What rule was in this part

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Discussed business contract taxes marriage and divorce

Question 30

When Sargon invaded and conquered Sumer what did they create for the first time

Accepted Answer

An empire

Question 31

What do Egyptians believe about women’s place in their society

Accepted Answer

Women held higher status in Egypt than elsewhere

Question 32

The book of the dead tells you what about Egyptian belief

Accepted Answer

things in life could help in the afterlife

Question 33

Sumerians invented the earliest known writing called______

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 34

How did Nebuchadnezzar transform Babylonian empire

Accepted Answer

Created a strong defense and while protecting the city, Enlarged the ziggurat to honor Gods and Restored temples., Rebuilt canals temples walls and palaces

Question 35

Menes United the two regions of Egypt. What feature was the highway that linked the two regions

Accepted Answer

The Nile river

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