6. Middle East

Question 1

What did pastoral nomads do?

Answer 1

Domesticated animals for food and clothing, followed regular migratory routes, carried technology from place to place, attacked those places if they needed to

Question 2

T or F: Indo-Europeans were a significant nomadic people group

Answer 2

True, they went all over the place

Question 3

T or F - Hittites were just the native peoples and they made their kingdom with no indo europeans

Answer 3

False (i mean that is the sussest wording I have ever seen)

Question 4

T or F: Hittites threatened Egyptian power

Answer 4

True

Question 4

What is the ONE THING you need to know about the Hittites?

Answer 4

The were the first people to use (and smelt) iron!!!!!

Question 5

Who got rid of the hittites?

Answer 5

Sea Peoples

Question 6

Who did the Phoenicians come after?

Answer 6

Egyptians and Hittites

Question 7

How did the phoenicians get money?

Answer 7

Trade!!! (this is like how everyone got money tbh)

Question 8

What stuff did the phonecians trade?

Answer 8

Oh boy
Cedar timbers, pottery, purple dye, jewelry, glass, religious objects, fallace (d**), wool, olive oil for fires, wine, perfume
this is the best card (not)

Question 9

Big phoenician cities

Answer 9

Byblos (capital), Tyre, Sidon

Question 10

T or F The phoenicians didn’t do sea trade

Answer 10

False - they set up a bunch of new routes and were culture missionaries

Question 11

How did phoenicians contribute to language?

Answer 11

They created a PHOnetic alphabet (for trade writing bc cuneiform sucks) with 22 characters that became greek that became roman

Question 12

T or F: Father abraham’s many sons are israelites

Answer 12

T

Question 13

What did King Solomon do for the Israelites?

Answer 13

Built a big temple in Jerusalem, expanded government and encouraged trade, helped Israel reach height of power

Question 14

T or F: Jews are monotheistic

Answer 14

True.

Question 15

What is the Judaism religious text called?

Answer 15

Torah

Question 16

3 aspects of Jewish religious tradition

Answer 16

Covenant, law, and prophets

Question 17

Most famous laws in the Torah

Answer 17

10 commandments

Question 18

What was the age of prophecy?

Answer 18

Ppl were conquered by powerful neighbors, prophets declared that faithlessness to God would bring catastrophy, but turning from evil would bring God’s mercy - prophets preached about God and peace

Question 19

T or F: Prophets didn’t care about social injustice

Answer 19

False- they openly condemned it - their words became a source of ideals of social justice for Jews and others

Question 20

Biggest difference between Judaism and other religions

Answer 20

Monotheism (also the will of God was written down so no mandate of heaven monkey business)

Question 21

Downsides of Judaism and monotheism

Answer 21

Prevented complete integration with surrounding communities - no accepting gods = separation and hostility (but it was helpful for maintaining their identity)

Question 22

What do we say about the minoans?

Answer 22

L + ratio imagine not getting learned about
(delete this when we have to learn about the minoans)

Question 23

Where was assyria?

Answer 23

Upper tigris river levanty area northern mesopotamia (around there)

Question 24

What was the capital of Assyria?

Answer 24

Ashur

Question 25

T or F the assyrians conquered parts of Iran, Syria, Israel, and Egypt down to Thebes

Answer 25

True

Question 26

T or F Assyrians had an efficient communication system that could get messages to the king and all around

Answer 26

True

Question 27

What military equipment and other helpful things did the Assyrians have?

Answer 27

big troops, good organization, infantrymen, cavalrymen, horse-drawn war chariots and arrows, big armies with iron weapons, good tactics, battering rams, siege warfare, siege towers and engines

Question 28

How did they get around walls?

Answer 28

Put up a cover so they couldn't get hot liquid poured on them and dig under it and weaken it

Question 29

T or F The assyrians were not nice to civilians

Answer 29

True. Very, very true.

Question 30

Why did the Assyrian empire fall apart?

Answer 30

They committed too many atrocities and did too much assimilation and the people revolted (and also some other ppl came and invaded while they were weak (chaldeans and medes))

Question 31

What language did assyrians speak?

Answer 31

Semetic language

Question 32

Who did the babylonian/chaldeans come after?

Answer 32

Assyrians

Question 33

What civilization did the ishtar gate and hanging gardens belong to?

Answer 33

Babylonians/chaldeans

Question 34

T or F Babylonians/chaldeans were not good at military stuff

Answer 34

False

Question 35

T or F: The babylonians/chaldeans learned from the assyrians not to be cruel to their subjects

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Who conquered the Babylonians/chaldeans?

Answer 36

Persian king Cyrus

Question 37

Who unified the persian Empire?

Answer 37

Cyrus

Question 38

T or F The persians were indo-europeans

Answer 38

T (who wasn't)

Question 39

T or F: Persian empire never got to india

Answer 39

F - it went from Anatolia to India

Question 40

What made Cyrus a good ruler?

Answer 40

- Restraint - Religious tolerance - Let Jews in Babylonian captivity go home, ending their slavery - Wise and compassionate - Gave native people government positions in their states - Didn't burn stuff down - Merciful - Got accepted as the ruler of the Medes, Babylonians, and Jews - Respected other cultures (used their designs in his buildings)

Question 41

T or F Cambices (wrong spelling but idc) was a kind ruler just like his father Cyrus

Answer 41

False, he chucked cats at the Egyptians and did not respect their religion

Question 42

T or F Darius extended the persian empire

Answer 42

True

Question 43

What were satrapies?

Answer 43

The 20 provinces that Darius divided the Persian empire into. He appointed satraps to protect them -they collected taxes, provided justice, and recruited soldiers

Question 44

How did Darius make sure the satraps weren't corrupt?

Answer 44

He sent out inspectors/eyes and ears

Question 45

T or F Persian empire was well organized - roads were good, messengers got food and shelter, big administration

Answer 45

True

Question 46

Who were the 10,000 immortals?

Answer 46

Core of the persian army - they were immediately replaced when one got killed or retired

Question 47

What started leading to the fall of the persian empire?

Answer 47

Kings became isolated in their courts, upped taxes, squabbled with each other (and killed each other) - honestly this keeps happening

Question 48

T or F The persian empire didn't have a lot of trade

Answer 48

False - there was a big royal road from coast to coast (sardis to susa) for a lot of trade. Plus a lot of minerals.

Question 49

How did the Ionians feel about the Persians?

Answer 49

They didn't like it, Athens helped them out and Darius didn't conquer that area

Question 50

Who conquered Persia?

Answer 50

Alexander the Great

Question 51

What is another name for the Persians?

Answer 51

Achaemenids

Question 52

Name of Persian religion

Answer 52

Zoroastrianism

Question 53

Who was the god in Zoroastrianism?

Answer 53

Ahuramazda (Zoroaster was a prophet)

Question 54

Main idea of Zoroastrianism

Answer 54

Good and Evil are fighting in the world, good ppl follow Ahuramazda, eventually he'll triumph and it will all end and the final separation of good and evil will occur and ppl will be judged

Question 55

T or F Christianity was the first religion to have angels and devils

Answer 55

False - Zoroastrianism had them first

Question 56

What was the one place Darius couldn't conquer? What were some of the places he did?

Answer 56

He didn't get Greece He did get Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of India

Question 57

T or F Cyrus made coined money a thing

Answer 57

False it was Darius

Question 58

Extent of babylonian control

Answer 58

Mesopotamia, Syria, phoeniciea, Israel, Philistinia, Northern Arabia, and parts of Asia Minor