Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent

What do we call the ruler of a kingdom or empire?

• monarch
• president
• patriarch
• justice

Who united Sumer’s city-states to form Babylonia?

• Sumerians
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Hammurabi
• Mr. Sharples

King Hammurabi was best known for what?

• The Hanging Gardens
• Owning Slaves
• Ruling the First Empire
• Writting down Laws

Complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing

• irrigation
• city-state
• civilization
• state

In the eastern part of what region did the Phoenicians build a trading center?

• Mediterranean region
• Asian region
• Mesopotamian region
• Assyrian region

As a ruler of the Babylonian Empire, Hammurabi was fulfilling which of the following roles?

• matriarch
• patriarch
• prince
• monarch

The Hittites skillfully used a wheeled, horse-drawn battle car known by which of the following names?

• wagon
• chariot
• carriage
• coach

Which famous Chaldean monarch rebuilt the city of Babylon?

• Nebuchadnezzar
• Hammurabi
• Sargon I
• Gilgamesh

What is a more precise term for a set of letters that can be combines to form words?

• polytheism
• cuneiform
• alphabet
• scribes

Which Fertile Crescent empire was known for growing wealthy from trading all around the Mediterranean Sea?

• Chaldeans
• Babylonians
• Hittites
• Phoenicans