Babylon and Assyrian Empires

A collection of separate cultures under one government is called...

• an empire

• a nation

• a country

• a city-state

From what part of Mesopotamia did the Neo-Assyrians originally live?

• southern

• northern

• eastern

• western

The Assyrians conquered which of the following regions?

• Iran

• Egypt

• Greece

• Arabia

The curve of the land reaching from the Persian Gulf to Phoenicia through Mesopotamia is referred to as...

• the Nile Delta

• the Indus Valley

• the Fertile Crescent

• the Huang Ho Valley

• the Shephelah

What empire conquered an area and then burned the crops, robbed people, destroyed levees, and forced people to pay tribute?

• Babylonian Empire
• Akkadian Empire
• Chaldean Empire
• Assyrian Empire

The first ruler of the first empire was 

• Sargon
• Gilgamesh
• Nabopolassar
• Nebuchadnezzard

The Ishtar Gate was built under the rule of 

• King Sargon
• King Ashurbanipal
• King Nebuchadnezzar
• King Hammurabi

Hammurabi's Code was a set of rules described as

• An eye for an eye
• short and not well defined
• giving women no rights
• the Ten Commandments

Who was Hammurabi?

• He was a god.
• He was a king of the first city of Ur.
• He was the king of the Babylonian empire.
• He was a Mesopotamian scribe.

What is cuneiform?

• The early letters/symbols.
• An early language of the Babylonians.
• The big black stone where the code was written.
• Hammurabi's language.