Mesopotamia

Which is the correct order of states in Mesopotamia?

• Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians
• Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Sumerians
• Akkadians, Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians
• Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians

Hammurabi's Code was a system of laws that helped

• bring equality to social classes.
• increase the strength of the military.
• maintain order and unity in the region.
• build irrigation throughout the region.

Which two rivers does Mesopotamia lie between?

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Euphrates and Tiber
• Yangtze and Huang He
• Tiber and Nile

Sargon maintained order and supervised his regions by...

• traveling with his armies and demanding food and support.
• building walls and moats around the Akkadian empire.
• controlling the Mediterranean Sea and North African sea lanes.
• writing his commandments and laws throughout Mesopotamia.

Ziggurats were built to-

• bury dead pharoahs.
• Worship gods.
• buy and sell commodities.
• stage outdoor plays.

The Assyrians were primarily known and respected for all of the following EXCEPT -- 

• Use of iron weapons
• Swift, horse-drawn chariots
• Vast libraries
• Building a beautiful capital in Babylon

Which of the following is a similarity between the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians?

• Reliance on a bureaucracy of officials to administer the land
• Use of iron technology
• Organization as city-states
• Development of democratic practices that represented all males

All of the following were reasons why the Sumerian city-states were vulnerable to attack EXCEPT -- 

• Mesopotamia is a flat land with few natural barriers.
• They were divided and involved in constant warfare.
• Wealth in the cities attracted invaders.
• They relied on monarchs with absolute authority to bring order to the entire region.

Gilgamesh sought to find the secret to

• absolute power.
• eternal friendship.
• eternal life.
• endless wealth.

Which empire controlled the most land in Mesopotamia?

• Sumerians
• Akkadians
• Babylonians
• Assyrians