Chapter 4 Vocab

Question 1

Hyksos

Answer 1

a group of nomadic invaders from southwest Asia who ruled Egypt from 1674 to 1570 B.C.

Question 2

New Kingdom

Answer 2

the period of ancient Egypt history that followed the overthrow of the Hyksos rulers, lasting from about 1570 to 1075 B.C.

Question 3

Hatshepsut

Answer 3

Ruler of New Kingdom; encouraged trade rather than war

Question 4

Thutmose the 3rd

Answer 4

Hatsheput’s stepson; very violent/encouraged war

Question 5

Nubia

Answer 5

the region of Africa that was attacked by Thutmose the 3rd; straddled the upper Nile river

Question 6

Ramses the 2nd

Answer 6

made peace treaty with Hittites called, “peace and brotherhood between us forever

Question 7

Kush

Answer 7

dominated during this time period by, primarily, Egypt; start of Nubian dynasty

Question 8

Piankhi

Answer 8

Kushite king that overthrew the Libyan Dynasty

Question 9

Meroe

Answer 9

Very wealthy trade city on the coast belonging to the Kushites

Question 10

Assyria

Answer 10

A southwest Asian kingdom that controlled a large empire between 850 and 612 B.C.

Question 11

Sennacherib

Answer 11

very violent Assyrian king that burned Babylon

Question 12

Ninevah

Answer 12

Assyria’s capital

Question 13

Ashurbanipal

Answer 13

King of Assyria that owned huge library of ancient scrolls/books

Question 14

Medes

Answer 14

A southwest Asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian empire

Question 15

Chaldeans

Answer 15

A southwest Asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian people

Question 16

Nubchadnezzar

Answer 16

Chaldean king that had hanging gardens built around his palace for his wife

Question 17

Cyrus

Answer 17

Persia’s first king to control an empire

Question 18

Cambyses

Answer 18

Cyrus’s son that conquered Egypt

Question 19

Darius

Answer 19

Succeeded Cambyses after his death

Question 20

Satrap

Answer 20

A governor of a province in the Persia empire

Question 21

Royal Road

Answer 21

A road in the Persian empire, stretching over over 1,600 miles from Susa, Persia to Sardis, Anatolia

Question 22

Zoroaster

Answer 22

Persian prophet that taught of a spiritual battle on earth to do good

Question 23

Confucius

Answer 23

China’s most influential scholar/philosopher

Question 24

filial piety

Answer 24

A term for respect your parent’s and others in authority that was used by Confucius

Question 25

bureaucracy

Answer 25

A trained civil service, or those who run the government

Question 26

Daoism

Answer 26

Founded by Laozi; made significant progress in scientific world

Question 27

Legalism

Answer 27

Founded by Hanfeizi and Li Si; taught that those that worked hard should be rewarded by their leaders

Question 28

I Ching (Yi Ching)

Answer 28

A book used to solve ethical and practical problems

Question 29

yin and yang

Answer 29

In Chinese thought, the two powers that govern the naturals of rhythms of life

Question 30

Qin Dynasty

Answer 30

A short-lived Chinese dynasty that replaced the Zhou dynasty in the 3rd century

Question 31

Shi Huagdi

Answer 31

First emperor of Qin dynasty

Question 32

autocracy

Answer 32

A government that has unlimited power