Empires of Mesopotamia

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 please his homesick wife
• He loved gardening

Which of the following shows how warlike the Assyrians were?

• They invented the battering ram and used catapults
• They allowed women in their army
• They killed everyone in the cities they attacked
• They killed the horses of their enemies

Where were Hammurabi's laws written?

• On clay tablets
• On a stone pillar
• In a big book
• On a temple wall

What is an empire?

• a group of states, nations, or people under a single authority
• a group with same laws, religion and  language
• a group with a single ruler
• a group that shares the same culture or way of life

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

• mined precious stones in the mountains
• collected the tribute from conquered peoples
• expanded irrigation to grow bigger crops
• printed paper money to buy what it needed

The Akkadians used steles to 

• attack enemy forces
• get water for farming 
• record important events
• make objects from metal 

What is Hammurabi best remembered?

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

What was a problem caused by Sumerian city-states' independence from one another?

• they were unable to trade crops with one another 
• they did not cooperate to build irrigation systems
• they had very few different natural resources available
• they could not defend themselves against stronger groups