1. World History CH. 4 Vocabulary Review

2. The Egyptian pharoah who built huge temples and made peace with the Hittites ruled for nearly 70 years. Ramses II

3. The Nubian Kingdom which served as a trade corridor and became a regional power Kush

4. A powerful empire that glorified brutal military strength and the lion hunt. Assyria

5. The Assyrian king who assembled a library of more than 20,000 clay tablets from across the Fertile Crescent Ashurbanipal

6. The Persian military genius who conquered an empire (550-539 B.C.) that he ruled with tolerance and wisdom. Cyrus

7. A 1,677 mile road that ran from Persia to Anatolia and helped Darius hold his empire together. Royal Road

8. A Persian prophet who taught that each person must wage a battle between the spirits of good and evil Zoroaster

9. The Chinese scholar who believed harmony results when society is organized around 5 basic relationships. Confucius

10. The philosophy of Laozi, in which a universal force, “the Way” guides all things. Daoism

11. The Qin ruler who became “First Emperor” in 221 B.C. doubled China’s size and brutality crushed opposition Shi Huangdi

12. Asiatic invaders who swept across the Isthmus of Suez in chariots to rule Egypt from about 1640- 1570 B.C. Hyksos

13. The third period of glory for the Egyptians when they became conquerors and traders. 1570- 1075 B.C. New Kingdom

14. She declared herself pharoah (1472-1458 B.C) and encouraged trade. Hatshepsut

15. The Chinese king who restored the city of Babylon and planted the Hanging Gardens Nebuchadnezzar

16. Term used for a provincial governor in Darius’s Persia Satrap

17. Devotion to one’s parents and ancestors, according to Confucius Filial Piety

18. A trained civil service, an idea developed by Confucius Bureaucracy

19. A book of oracles, or predictions, that Chinese people consulted for advice on ethical or practical problems. I Ching

20. A government that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner. Autocracy

21. An idea of ancient Chinese thinkers in which 2 opposite powers represent the natural rhythms of life. Yin and Yang