Chapter 4 Review
People feared the ______ army because it had iron weapons.
a. Persian b. Assyrian c. Chaldean d. Babylonian
A ______ is the city from which an emperor rules.
a. province b. capital c. litter d. tribute
______ told people there were two forces in the world.
a. Zoroaster b. Darius I c. Cyrus the Great d. Nebuchadnezzar
Assyrians ______ the cities they defeated, taking anything they wanted.
a. cheated b. looted c. smelted d. bartered
Soldiers who fight on horses are called the ______.
a. alliance b. rebels c. cavalry d. constellation
The capital of Nebechadnezzar’s empire was ______.
a. Babylon b. Assyria c. Nineveh d. Canaan
One leader of the Persians was ______.
a. Assurbanipal b. Medes c. Nebuchadnezzar d. Darius I
Persian art teaches us that slaves sometimes carried people on ______ , or stretchers.
a. linens b. litters c. dikes d. terraces
The Assyrian king divided the empire into ______ , or areas.
a. alliances b. provinces c. capitals d. tributes
King ______ set up a library of ancient writings at his palace in Nineveh.
a. Nebuchadnezzar b. Darius I c. Belshazzar d. Assurbanipal
Who divided the Persian Empire into provinces? _______________
Under whose rule did the Chaldean Empire expand? _______________
Who are the people who look at how things are being done? _______________
What is a carving from stone or other hard material called? _______________
Because of metal coins, what did the Persians stop doing? _______________
Word Bank for above: Nebuchadnezzar, sculpture, inspectors, Daruis I, bartering
True or false
______ When Assyrians defeated their enemies, they made them into slaves.
______ An alliance is an area, such as a state, that is part of a larger country.
______ Nineveh was the capital of the Persian Empire.
______ To keep their empire together, the Persians built a road system.
______ The constellations Chaldean priests saw in the sky became the zodiac.
______ The Chaldeans and the Medes made an alliance against the Assyrians.
______ The Persians treated the people they defeated fairly.
______ To influence means to talk about the gods or how to live.
______ After destroying Nineveh, the Chaldeans became a powerful empire.
______ Assyrian governors collected taxes and enforced laws.
______ To unify means to connect or bring together as one.
______The Chaldean Empire collapsed after Nebuchadnezzar’s death.
______ For hundreds of years, the Assyrians dominated Mesopotamia.
______ Someone who creates something with his or her hands is an archer.
______ The most famous part of Nebuchadnezzar’s palace was the ziggurat.
______ conquer
______ Cyrus the Great
______ Zoroaster
______ empire
______ smelt
______ expand
______ Babylon
______ governor
______ govern
______ predict
a) capital of the Chaldean Empire
b) to grow or stretch
c) to rule
d) a religious leader who preached to Persians
e) to defeat
f) to tell the future
g) king of Persia
h) a ruler of a province or state
i) to cool hot iron to remove unwanted materials
j) a nation which rules a large area of land