Assyria and Persia Test

5 Written Questions

1. Croesus
2. standing army of infantrymen, cavalry and horse-drawn chariots, equipped with large armies, used different military tactics (siege warfare and guerilla warfare)
3. Zarathustra (Zoroaster)
4. a military outpost
5. he was not very wise and scorned their beliefs

5 Matching Questions

1. What are the six sections of the Talmud?
2. Who was the supreme God of the Babylonians?
3. Who was Mithra?
4. What battle innovations did Assyria make?
5. What are the three main parts of the Tanakh?

1. a Marduk
2. b Torah (five books) Nevi'im (prophets) and Ketuvim (writings)
3. c seeds, season, women, damages, holy things, purities
4. d A Zoroastrianism god
5. e iron swords, lances, metal armor, and battering rams

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. iron
   1. How did the Assyrians see themselves?
   2. What was the Assyrian view on the afterlife?
   3. What kind of weapons did the Assyrians use to establish their power?
   4. What did the people the Assyrians conquered think of them?
2. the statue of Marduk
   1. How did the grand life of the king affect his rule?
   2. Why did Nebuchadnezzar build the hanging gardens?
   3. When was the Fertile Crescent conquered?
   4. What did Nebuchadnezzar take from the Elamites after he conquered them?
3. speaking a semitic language from the Middle East
   1. Who was Mithra?
   2. tribute
   3. Ishtar Gate
   4. semitic-
4. as guardians of Sumerian and Babylonia culture
   1. who is the boy in the tulip myth?
   2. How did Sennacherib die
   3. What power did the satraps have?
   4. How did the Assyrians see themselves?
5. in the ancient city of Ephesus, south of modern day Izmir in Turkey
   1. Where was Persepolis located?
   2. What was the west persian capital?
   3. Where was the Temple of Artemis built?
   4. When was Persepolis built?

5 True/False Questions

1. how many satrapies did Darius create? → 20

   True        False

2. Who made Lydia one of the most powerful states in the near east? → King Alyattes

   True        False

3. who is the boy in the tulip myth? → Farhad

   True        False

4. When did the Chaldeans begin to gain control? → Pergamon museum in Berlin

   True        False

5. Which sect of Judaism believes in heaven and hell? → Xerxes I

   True        False