Week 4 World History: First Age of Empires 1570 B.C. to A.D. 200

 

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This world history resource focuses on the first age of empires from 1570 B.C. to A.D. 200 and includes quiz questions and answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 4: pages 86-119.

Directions for the quiz:

• Scroll down and click on the thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
• Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
• Choose an answer for each question.
• Compare your answers with those provided.

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Below are free videos to accompany chapter 4:

• Hatshepsut: The Pharaoh that wouldn’t be forgotten
• Forgotten History of Ancient Nubia
• Drone Flyover of Meroe Pyramids of Sudan
• Library of Ashurbanipal
• Nebuchadnezzar Opens Star Gate
• Crash Course: The Persians and Greeks
• Who was Zoroaster & how did he gain followers
• Crash Course: 2000 Years of Chinese History - Confucius
• 10 Life Lessons from Taoism
• Confucianism, Taoism, & Legalism
• Qin Dynasty
• National Geographic: Building the Great Wall

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World History Week 4 First Age of Empires 1570 B.C. - A.D. 200

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The _____ invaded and ruled Egypt from approximately 1640 to 1570 B.C.
Answer choices include: Hyksos, Assyrians, Persians, Chinese

The correct answer is Hyksos.

___ declared herself pharaoh about 1472 B.C. because her
step-son Thutmose III, who was the male heir to the throne,
was a young child. She focused on increasing trade rather than war.
Answer choices include: Cleopatra, Tausret, Khentkaus, Hatshepsut

The correct answer is Hatshepsut.

New Kingdom rulers oversaw the creation of majestic tombs beneath desert cliffs
in the Valley of the ____ near Thebes.
Answer choices include: Tombs, Flowers, Tears, Kings

The correct answer is Kings.

Kush’s capital, ____, became the trading center of the area.
Answer choices include: Cairo, Kerma, Napata, Nineveh

The correct answer is Napata.

Meroё was located close to the ____, which contributed to
increased trade with Africa, Arabia, & India.
Answer choices include: Caribbean Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Yellow Sea

The correct answer is Red Sea.

The Assyrians were particularly experienced in ____.
Answer choices include: weaving, war, farming, writing

The correct answer is war.

In Nineveh, whose library in the Fertile Crescent included more than 20,000 tablets?
Answer choices include: King Ashurbanipal, King Pileser III, King Sargon II, King Sennacherib

The correct answer is King Ashurbanipal.

According to legend, King Nebuchadnezzar created the _____ for one of his wives.
Answer choices include: Great Pyramids, Hanging Gardens, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus

The correct answer is Hanging Gardens.

Around 1000 B.C., the ____ and ____  were the two major powers.
Answer choices include:
Chinese/Russians, Medes/Persians, Romans/Greeks, Mycenaeans/Nubians

The correct answer is Medes/Persians.

King Cyrus displayed more kindness & tolerance toward
the people he conquered than other rulers of that time period.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

An elite group of Persians who served as the king’s bodyguards
was called the _____.
Answer choices include:
Samurai Warriors, Royal Guard, Gentlemen at Arms, Ten Thousand Mortals

The correct answer is Ten Thousand Mortals.

Darius extended the Persian Empire from present-day Afghanistan
to India & Egypt with the exception of ____.
Answer choices include: Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Ukraine

The correct answer is Greece.

A Persian ____ administrative policy allowed the practice one’s native religion,
language, & many laws within the Empire.
Answer choices include: nationalist, suffragist, democratic, republican

The correct answer is nationalist.

The ____ Road extended across 1677 miles & connected
Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia.
Answer choices include: Ruby, Yellow Brick, Roman, Royal

The correct answer is Royal.

A Persian prophet ___ founded a religion in which people believed
the earth was a battleground for fighting between good & evil.
Answer choices include:
Muhammad, Zoroaster, Siddhartha Gautama, Nostradamus

The correct answer is Zoroaster.

The Persians brought political order by systematically disbanding
all other religions, languages, & justice systems while most people were enslaved.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

Which of the following was NOT one of the five
basic relationships encouraged by Confucius?
Answer choices include:
Ruler & Subject, Mother & Daughter, Husband & Wife, Friend & Friend

The correct answer is Mother & Daughter.

The legendary ___ was carried in his mother’s womb for
62 years & wrote Dao De Jing (The Way of Virtue), leading to the creation of Daoism.
Answer choices include: Lakulisha, Zeus, Kong Qi, Laozi

The correct answer is Laozi.

____ is represented by a circle divided into opposing parts:
one cold, dark, soft, & mysterious & the other warm, bright, hard, & clear.
Answer choices include:
Yin & Yang, Heaven & Hades, Raven & Dove, Elephants & Dragons

The correct answer is Yin & Yang.

Shi Huangdi of the Qin Dynasty established a/an ___ government
with unlimited power & forced many to either build the Great Wall or die.
Answer choices include: democratic, dynamic, autocratic, theocratic

The correct answer is autocratic.

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