Chapter 2 Study Guide

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Define:

            1.   hieroglyphics

 

            2.   Amenhotep IV

 

            3.   Fertile Crescent

 

            4.   cuneiform

 

            5.   ziggurats

 

            6.   city-state

 

            7.   Hammurabi

 

            8.   Zoroaster

 

            9.   Phoenicians

 

           10.   money economy

Explain:

           11.   How could Egyptians move goods up the Nile.

           12.   Explain the importance of the Rosetta stone.

           13.   Why was Hatshepsut unusual among Egyptian rulers

           14.   Despite the changes in dynasties, Egyptian culture remained stable because?

           15.   Egyptians believed that in the afterlife, people were

           16.   Who was Cuneiform?

           17.   One of the important contributions of the Sumerian people was

           18.   What did Sumerians believe in?

           19.   The Code of Hammurabi was?

           20.   What did the Hittites’ laws included?

           21.   What were the accomplishments of Cyrus the Great?

           22.   Phoenicians were famous for their

           23.   What are Commodities?

           24.   The Twelve Tribes of Israel united under

           25.   Ethical monotheism is a system of

           26.   What were the benefits of the Nile River valley?

           27.   Who carved hieroglyphics on stone because papyrus was hard to obtain.

           28.   Toward the end of what Kingdom, the pharaohs lost power to the priests.

           29.   Who gained power in Egypt with the help of chariots and compound bows.

           30.   What were Egyptians beliefs with the pharaohs.

           31.   How were rights of Women in Egypt comparable to rights in other ancient cultures.

           32.   The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were marked by what?

           33.   The Sumerians developed a number system based on what?

           34.   The Code of Hammurabi was based on what?.

           35.   What accomplishments did Gilgamesh have?

           36.   Who rebuilt Babylon and made it powerful.

           37.   Persian kings allowed conquered people to keep what?

           38.   The Phoenicians spread their culture by doing what?

           39.   Why did the tribes of Israel maintained a connection?

           40.   The Hebrews came to believe in a god that believed in what?

           41.   Scholars have been able to learn much about ancient Egypt because of ____________________.

           42.   In Egypt, ____________________ had absolute, or unlimited, power.

           43.   Historians divide much of Egyptian history into three periods: ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

           44.   Amenhotep IV’s attempt to make Egyptians monotheistic was defeated by ____________________.

           45.   Because of its lack of natural boundaries, Fertile Crescent tribes were ____________________.

           46.   The Sumerians may have been the first people to develop ____________________.

           47.   The _________________________ was based on the idea of “an eye for an eye.”

           48.   Persian rulers kept order in their large empire by appointing agents known as?

           49.   ____________________ are best known for having established a money economy.

           50.   The escape of the enslaved Hebrews from Egypt was known as ____________________.

           51.   In the Egyptian Old Kingdom, pharaohs did what?

How did the pharaohs lose power at the end of the Old Kingdom era?

           52.   At the end of the Middle Kingdom, Egypt was taken over by who?

What kind of war tools helped defeat Egypt?

           53.   The great pyramids were built for what purpose?

What do the pyramids say about Egyptian society?

           54.   Explain what Caravans were used for.

Why were caravans important to Egypt?

           55.   Explain why farming in Sumer was more difficult than in Egypt.

Why was Sumer more easily invaded than Egypt?

           56.   Sumerian tribes formed what?

How did the Sumerian style of community affect their ability to gain power?

           57.   Under Hittite law, the death penalty was given for doing what?

How did Hittite law differ from other ancient codes of law?

           58.   Assyrian kings kept control of their kingdom by doing what?.

How did the Assyrians protect Nineveh, their capital city?

           59.   The Persians conquered much of the Middle East under the rule of who?

How did the Persians keep their large empire connected?

           60.   What is the Torah?

How does the Torah differ from the Code of Hammurabi?

           61.   How did the Egyptians and Persians manage their large kingdoms?

           62.   How did religion affect the lives and development of the people in the first civilizations?

           63.   Discuss the factors that could bring down the type of empires discussed in this chapter.

           64.   Describe how smaller civilizations such as Phoenicia and the Lydians could exert their influence on the ancient world.

           65.   How did Judaism differ from earlier religions?