Chapter 4 Lesson 2-Mesopotamian Empires

Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 B.C.?

• Hittites

• Chaldeans

• Persians

• Assyrians

A group of traveling merchants

• Ninevah

• caravan

• astronomer

• province

In 612 B.C., the Chaldeans defeated whom?

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Akkad

• Assyria

The Assyrian Empire's capital city

• Babylon

• Chaldean

• Ninevah

• Nebuchadnezzar

Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and the ____________.

• Tigris River

• Persian Gulf

• Euphrates River

• Red Sea

A political district

• caravan

• empire

• tribute

• province

Which part of Babylon was known as the one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

• Cuneiform

• Wall around the city

• Hanging Gardens

• King's Palaca

Chaldean King who rebuilt Babylon

• Ninevah

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?

• How to use cuneiform

• How to use the wheel

• How to make an irrigation system

• How to use stronger metals such as iron for weapons

One who studies the stars and planets

• astronaut

• astronomer

• empire

• biologist