Four Empires of Mesopotamia-2024

Which of these leaders of empires came first?

• Cyrus
• Sargon
• Hammurabi
• Nebuchadrezzar

For what is Hammurabi best remembered?

• a code of laws
• a style of battle
• a hanging garden
• a system of canals

How did the Akkadians get the resources to build up their capital city?

• mined precious stones in the mountains

• collected tributes from conquered peoples

• expanded irrigation to grow bigger crops

• printed paper money to buy what it needed

What was the purpose of Assyrian aqueducts?

• to bring water to the city
• to raise crops in the dry soil
• to let boats pass between rivers
• to protect the palace from attack

Over which of the following groups was Sargon the ruler?

• Akkadians
• Babylonians
• Egyptians
• Assyrians

For what achievement is Sargon best known? 

• Building the Hanging Gardens for his wife
• Creating the world's first empire
• Inventing peanut butter
• Creating the first code of laws

Why did Nebuchadnezzar build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

• He wanted to sell plants and flowers

• He wanted to impress his guests

• He wanted to make his homesick wife happy

• He loved gardening

Which of the following shows how warlike the Assyrians were?

• They invented the battering ram and had iron weapons

• They allowed women in their army

• They killed everyone in the cities they attacked

• They killed the horses of their enemies

What was the name of the oldest epic story ever written?

• Little Red Riding Hood
• War and Peace
• Gilgamesh
• Gone With the Wind

Which Mesopotamian Empire was defeated by the Persians under Cyrus, the Great?

• Sumerians
• Babylonians
• Akkadians
• Neo-Babylonians