Social Studies - Chapter 4 Mesopotamia (20-21)

Which was an ancient writing system that involved cutting wedge-shaped marks into clay?

• cuneiform

• cyrillic

• heiroglyphics

• sargon

The capital of the Chaldean empire was at

• Assyria

• Babylon

• Jericho

• Nineveh

Something that passes to the children when the parent dies, such as power from a king, is

• hereditary

• reactionary

• secondary

• stationary

Sumerian cities were cut off from one another because of surrounding mudflats and

• deserts

• forest

• rivers

• seas

One factor that contributed to the success of the Assyrian army was its ______________ weapons.

• bronze

• gold

• iron

• steel

Who created and ruled the Babylonian Empire?

• Hammurabi

• Marduk

• Nabopolassar

• Sargon

Chaldean astronomers mapped

• the phases of the moon

• the path from Earth to Mars

• the distance between the constellations

• the locations of asteroids in the Milky Way

Caravans of merchants often traveled

• on camels

• in chariots

• on horseback

• in wheeled carts

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Nineveh

A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top

• scribe

• astronomers

• ziggurat

• cuneiform