Ch 3 Sec 2 - The first empires

Ch 3 Sec 2 - The first empires

Multiple Choice

The fertile land between and around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers form what archaeologists call __________________.

• Mesopotamia

• Mesoamerica

• Middle Earth

• Microzoology

Multiple Choice

An empire is _____________

• a state containing several countries or territories.

• a name of a popular TV show.

• another word for a city-state.

• a tall building in New York City.

Multiple Choice

Cuneiform symbols were made with wedge shaped marks on clay tablets

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

__________ is an idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture.

• Culture Trait

• Family Tradition

• Oral Tradition

• Religion

Multiple Choice

What prevented city-states from uniting before the Akkadian Empire?

• The city-states were too far from each other

• The city-states did not like each other

• No ruler was powerful enough to to take over all city-states

• The city-states all spoke a different language.

Multiple Choice

What was the final result of the battle between Umma and Lagash?

• Umma was defeated

• Lagash was defeated

Multiple Choice

Sargon united much of Mesopotamia under his rule, creating the world's first empire called ________________.

• Sargon Empire

• Babylonian Empire

• Akkadian Empire

• Persian Empire

Multiple Select

Sargon built his empire by....

• using diplomacy

• using military strategies

• destroying walls of other city-states

• requiring governors of city-states to be loyal

Multiple Choice

What Akkadian leader rose to power and first united Mesopotamia under one rule?

• Sargon The Great

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Naram-Sin

Multiple Select

Despite conquering the Sumerians, the Akkadians continued to use/borrow the following from the Sumerians:

• irrigation techniques (canals, dams)

• cuneiform

• religion (same gods and goddesses)

Multiple Choice

Who led Babylon to become a powerful empire?

• Lagash

• Gudea

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

Multiple Choice

The idea that all members of society, rich or poor, weak or powerful, must obey the law of the land.

• Civil Law

• Distributive Property

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Rule of Law

Multiple Choice

The Rule of Law says that everyone must obey the law. But does everyone benefit from the law that same way?

• Yes, because all laws in America are based on laws written in religious writings.

• Yes, because all laws must be equal and fair.

• No, because rich people tend to have laws written to benefit them more than the poor people.

• No, because the king can change is mind.

Multiple Choice

People have laws to ______________.

• to make kings rich.

• set rules and guidelines to help people settle disputes and to keep people in order and well-behaved for the good of the people.

• have a closer relationship with their gods.

• to make middle school kids upset because they can't do what they want to do anymore.

Multiple Choice

One of the oldest set of laws, it governed life in the Babylonian Empire.

• The US Constitution.

• the Ten Commandments.

• Hammurabi's Code

• My mommy's rules.

Lesson review

3.2

Multiple Select

Which of the following are Hammurabi's accomplishments?

• Skilled militaryleader

• Oversaw irrrigation and building projects

• Improved Babylonian tax system

• created a code of laws

Multiple Choice

Which battling city was the FIRST to take control of Mesopotamia after the fall of Sargon's empire?

• Assyria

• Nineveh

• Babylon

• Uruk

Multiple Choice

The belief in many gods.

• Caravan

• Ziggurat

• Polytheism

• Tribute

Multiple Choice

A pyramid-shaped temple built to honor the gods.

• Caravan

• Ziggurat

• Polytheism

• Tribute

Multiple Choice

Artisans, merchants, and farmers made up this class.....

• Upper Class

• Middle Class

• Lower Class

Multiple Choice

Kings, government officials, warriors, priests made up this class.....

• Upper Class

• Middle Class

• Lower Class

Multiple Choice

Which leader created the world's first empire?

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ashoka

Multiple Choice

Sumerian city-states would often go to war over limited resources in the surrounding area.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Fertile Crescent is the region of land between the...

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Nineveh and Roark Rivers

• Sumer and Hammurabi Rivers

• Ziggurat and Mesopotamia Rivers

Multiple Choice

What type of power did the Akkadians use to conquer Sumer?

• political
• technological
• military
• cultural

Multiple Choice

What language did the Akkadians speak?

• Sumerian

• Babylonian

• Asyrian

• Akkadian

Multiple Choice

What peoples came before the Akkadians in the land of Mesopotamia?

• Babylonians

• Sumerians

• Assyrians

• Persians