HIST MIDTERM

Question 1

Who introduced horses and chariots?

Answer 1

Mitanni

Question 2

number of soldiers in Hittites chariot?

Answer 2

3

Question 3

number of soldiers in Egyptian chariot?

Answer 3

2

Question 4

Hittites loved to…

Answer 4

plunder

Question 5

Three main big cities

Answer 5

Assyria, Hittites, Egypt

Question 6

power vacuum in…

Answer 6

Southern Meso Kassites

Question 7

where are the Minoans originally from?

Answer 7

Europe

Question 8

language of Minoan from Crete

Answer 8

Linear A (never translated)

Question 9

language of Mycenean from Greece

Answer 9

Linear B (translated)

Question 10

who is Arthur Evans?

Answer 10

BRITISH archeologist of Minoan “palace” of Knossos that ended up being a city center because of workshops in 1000 rooms

Question 11

what is an ingot?

Answer 11

bar of metal with specific weight

Question 12

neolithic =

Answer 12

Stone Age (Chinese dynasty lasts longer in the Stone Age than in Egypt)

Question 13

how are they dated?

Answer 13

radiocarbon dating and tree rings

Question 14

Mycenean houses:

Answer 14

Single-story, stone houses

Question 15

Minoan houses

Answer 15

multi-story wood houses

Question 16

What caused the end of the Minoan civilization?

Answer 16

invaders from Myceneans

Question 17

Minoans, ancient group of Egytian people, from…

Answer 17

Island of Crete

Question 18

Myceneans from…

Answer 18

mainland Greece

Question 19

Minoan religion:

Answer 19

Bull

Question 20

what did the bull represent in Minoan religion:

Answer 20

sign of fertility

Question 21

What was a bull-leaping ceremony?

Answer 21

men would leap over the backs of bulls and not get stabbed by the horns

Question 22

who was Herodotus?

Answer 22

historian based on ethnography, myths, exotic tales

Question 23

who was Thucydides?

Answer 23

historian based on oligarchy, writing about current events from recorded data and testimonials

Question 24

what is an oligarchy?

Answer 24

” group of people in charge”, ruled by the elites

Question 25

What was the largest and first empire in world civilization?

Answer 25

PERSIA

Question 26

What was the Assyrian capital? (it's in the Bible in story of Jonah)

Answer 26

Ninevah

Question 27

two civilizations that love war:

Answer 27

Egypt and Assyria

Question 28

who was King Cyrus?

Answer 28

rebuilt temple and allowed Jewish people to go back to Jerusalem

Question 29

Who was Darius?

Answer 29

He made Persia the first world empire

Question 30

second to the Rosetta Stone...

Answer 30

Behistun inscription

Question 31

What is a vassal?

Answer 31

a state dependent on a bigger country

Question 32

Who was in the battle of Marathon?

Answer 32

Persians vs the Athenians

Question 33

Athenians were strong in...

Answer 33

infantry during Battle of Marathon

Question 34

What was the Battle of Marathon?

Answer 34

first resistance to Babylonian suppression (democracy overturning tyranny)

Question 35

what had nothing to do with the end of the Minoan society?

Answer 35

the volcano of Santerini

Question 36

Amurra and Qadesh were under Egyptian rule but also under...

Answer 36

Hittite control

Question 37

Mursuli was the grandson of whom?

Answer 37

Hattusili, grandson was able to capture Allepo

Question 38

Who invented the four-spoke wheel?

Answer 38

the Egyptians

Question 39

Confucianism is not a...

Answer 39

Religion, it's a mindset ( no deity worship or priesthood)

Question 40

Shang comes first,

Answer 40

Chou comes second

Question 41

Who was China's first historian?

Answer 41

Sima Qian (bones to support his records)

Question 42

When did the Chou defeat Chang?

Answer 42

at the battle of Mu-ye

Question 43

define bureaucracy

Answer 43

Anyone who works in the government, civil servants

Question 44

Confucius sayings:

Answer 44

"Anxiety is good," " People shouldn't complain about events in life," and "If you can't understand life, how can you understand death?"

Question 45

What are the four hearts?

Answer 45

1)compassion 2) shame 3) courtesy + modesty 4) right/ wrong

Question 46

important bellows:

Answer 46

Making iron liquid and pouring it into molds

Question 47

Who was Hattusili?

Answer 47

first king of Hittites

Question 48

The throat slitter of Asia

Answer 48

Senusret the third

Question 49

execration texts

Answer 49

"magically destroying enemies."

Question 50

Why did people grow flowers?

Answer 50

The people weren't starving anymore because of the surplus of food.

Question 51

spiritual force words that represent spirit/ soul

Answer 51

"ba" and "ka"

Question 52

What is a "shabti"?

Answer 52

Shabti are small statues, magical figurines to serve pharaohs in the underworld.

Question 53

What was the biggest city in Palestine?

Answer 53

Hazar

Question 54

What was the god of the pagans?

Answer 54

BAAL

Question 55

Two exports from Nubia:

Answer 55

1) slaves 2) gold

Question 56

Which queen became pharaoh?

Answer 56

Hatshepsut

Question 57

Who was the son of Hatshesut?

Answer 57

Thutmose the third (AKA the "warrior king")

Question 58

What was the largest statue?

Answer 58

The Great Sphinx

Question 59

What was the sun disc?

Answer 59

Aten

Question 60

Who was the regent (adult who is ruling with the pharaoh) of King Tut?

Answer 60

Horemheb

Question 61

What did the Egyptians lie about on record?

Answer 61

Egyptians boasted about a victory that was a stalemate.

Question 62

What subject is " basically" mathematics according to the ancient Chinese?

Answer 62

Music (one of the required subjects)

Question 63

Three chariot men of the Hittites:

Answer 63

1) The driver 2) The spearman 3) The shield bearer

Question 64

Two ingredients of bronze:

Answer 64

tin and copper

Question 65

Who was Queen Ank?

Answer 65

Looked for a Hittite prince to marry so that the pharaoh of Egypt would be Hittite.