history test

a city state is....

• a small independent country with its own laws and government

• a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government

• a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks

• a big state with its own laws and government

Which was the man who established the first human empire?

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Nebuchadrezzar II

Who established the very first code of laws?

• Sargon
• Hammurabi
• Gilgamesh
• Humbaba

What was the name of the first writing method?

• Hummurabi
• reed stylus
• ziggurat
• Cuneiform

Which two rivers flowed around Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Nile and Yellow
• Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
• Yellow and Yangtze

Skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products were called

• Priests
• Artisans 
• Scribes
• Heros

When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first

• empire
• huge city-state
• nation
• democracy

Why was Sargon important?

• He united Babylon to create the first empire
• He united Mesopotamia and created the first Empire
• He united Mesopotamia and made the first civilization
• He united Babylon and created the first civilization

Sumer was mainly made up of..

• City States
• An empire
• Villages
• Farms

what empire was the biggest empire (in land)

• Babylonian

• Neo-Babylonian

• Akkadian

• Assyrian