Ch 4 6th grade review

Which people created the first empire?

• Akkadians

• Chaldeans

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

What ruler created a set of written laws to help him rule his empire?

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Cyrus

• Nebuchadnezzar

What people were the most cruel in conquering and governing their empire?

• Assyrians

• Medes

• Babylonians

• Persians

Which culture showed the greatest respect for the customs and rights of other peoples within its empire?

• Assyrians

• Chaldeans

• Babylonians

• Persians

Why were the Assyrians so successful in defeating armies that opposed them?

• They killed or enslaved the people they

  captured.

• they had iron weapons

• they had a huge empire

• they had more soldiers then their enemies

What ruler built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Darius

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

What ruler gave the Hebrews in his empire the best treatment?

• Hammurabi

• Cyrus

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

Who were the first people the Persians conquered in establishing their empire?

• Assyrians

• Chaldeans

• Medes

• Persians

The Persian ruler Darius based his laws on an earlier set of laws created by who?

• Akkadians

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

• Hebrews

What was the main cultural achievement of the Assyrians?

• a written code of rights

• huge library

• hanging gardens

• a system to quickly get messages across the empire