1-3 First Empires

A group of traveling merchants is called a

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• caravan

The Assyrian Empire's capital city was called

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Nineveh

• Astronomer

• Hittites

What is a political district called?

• caravan

• Nineveh

• province

• irrigation System

Name of the Chaldean king

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Chaldeans

• Nineveh

• Astronomer

A person who studies the stars and planets

• Nineveh

• caravan

• province

• astronomer

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make its army strong?

• how to use bows and arrows

• how to ride horses

• how to make iron stronger

• how to make chariots

The ______________ in Babylon are known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

• Hanging Gardens

• king's palace

• wall around the city

• irrigation system

Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and the

• Red Sea.

• Euphrates River.

• Tigris River.

• Persian Gulf.

The Chaldeans contributed the __________ to our modern-day calendar

• major holidays

• seven-day week

• twelve-month year

• weekend

Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 B.C.

• the Hittites

• the Persians

• the Chaldeans

• the Assyrians