History Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Quiz

a group of traveling merchants

• Nebuchadnezzar

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• caravan

• province

the Assyran Empire's capital city

• Nebuchadnezzar

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• caravan

• province

a political district

• Nebuchadnezzar

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• caravan

• province

Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon

• Nebuchadnezzar

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• caravan

• province

one who studies the stars and planets

• Nebuchadnezzar

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• caravan

• province

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

• how to make chariots

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

• how to use stronger metals such as iron for weaponry

• how to fight while riding horses

Which part of Babylon was 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.

In 612 B.C.E. the Chaldeans defeated whom?

• Akkad

• Assyria

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 B.C.E.?

• the Hittites

• the Persians

• the Chaldeans

• the Assyrians