The First Age of Empires Study Guide
Chapter 4
Key Terms
Hyksos
New Kongdom
Queen Ahhotep
Queen Hatshepsut
Ramses II
Kush
Piankhi
Meroe
Sennacherib
Nineveh
King Ashurbanipal
Chaldeans
King Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus the Great
Cambyses
King Darius
Satrap
Royal Road
Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism
Confucius
Filial piety
Confucianism
Bureaucracy
Laozi
Daoism/ Taoism
Legalism
Yin and yang
Warring states period
Shi Haungdi
Qin
Autocracy
Key Ideas/Questions
What is an empire and how is it different from other forms of organization?
Compare/contrast the Persian empire with the Qin Dynasty. Consider political organization, economy,
innovation, etc.
Compare/contrast the declines of each empire
Why was the Assyrian military so powerful?
What positive things did the Assyrians accomplish?
Compare/contrast how Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism view the role of government in creating
order in society.
What was the purpose of the Great Wall? How did it help unify China? Who built it?
Map
You should be able to label all the empires on the map
Timeline
You should be able to chronologically place each empire