W.H.4.2 MESOPOTAMIAN EMPIRES MCGRAW HILL

An ____ is a group of many different lands under one ruler.

• tribute

• province

• empire

• astronomer

Forced payments from a conquered people are known as ___.

• tribute

• province

• empire

• astronomer

Smaller political districts in an empire are known as a _____.

• tribute

• province

• empire

• astronomer

A person who studies the planets and stars is an ____.

• tribute

• province

• empire

• astronomer

Empires grew and spread through ___ and ____.

• monarchies

  generals

• conquest

  trade

• tributes

  caravans

• military leaders

  astronomers

An ambitious leader from the kingdom of Akkad (modern day Iraq) was ___. This leader formed the first empire by joining Sumer and Akkad.

• Hammurabi

• Chaldeans

• Assyrians

• Sargon

This Babylonian king created a set of laws and posted them for all to read.

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Ashurnasirpal II

This large empire spread across four present day counties of Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq.

• Mesopotamia

• Akkad

• Assyrian

• Chaldeans

This army had around 50,000 well-trained and disciplined troops.

• Mesopotamia

• Akkad

• Assyrian

• Chaldeans

This empire's capital was located in Nineveh (modern day Iraq) around 900 B.C.

• Mesopotamia

• Akkad

• Assyria

• Chaldeans