Ch 4 L 2 Mesopotamian Empires

The Assryians were a very powerful army. Often times they would take forced payment from a group before they destroyed their city. What is the word for forced payment?

• province

• tribute

• caravan

• empire

Where was the Assyrian Empire's capital city?

• Ninevah

• Babylon

• Uruk

• Persia

Which term means a political district?

• complex

• astronomer

• slingshot

• provence

Who was the Chaldean king who built Babylon into the most beautiful city in the world?

• Sargon

• Ashurbanpial

• Nabopolassar

• Nebuchadnezzar

Which term means one who studies stars and planets?

• complex

• region

• caravan

• astronomer

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

• how to use more advanced weapons such as catapults and battering rams

• how to fight while riding horses

• how to use stronger metals such as iron for weaponry

• how to make chariots

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

• Hanging Rivers

• Hanging Gardens

• Graceful Gardens

• Giant Pyramids

Which group of people overthrew the Chaldeans after the death of Nebuchadnezzar?

• Persians

• Akkadians

• Assyrians

• Hittites

The Chaldeans defeated the Assyrians in 612 BC? Who helped them do this?

• Medes

• Assyrians

• Akkadians

• Sumerians

Which people came from northern Mesopotamia conquered Sumer?

• Akkadians

• Assyrians

• Medes

• Persians