Mesopotamian Empires

Name

1. A group of traveling merchants

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

2. The Assyrian Empire's capital city

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

3. A political district

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

4. Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

5. One who studies the stars and planets

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

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

• A. how to use more advanced weapons such as catapults and battering rams
• B. how to fight while riding horses
• C. how to use stronger metal such as iron for weaponry
• D. how to make chariots

7. Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

• A. Hanging Gardens
• B. king's palace
• C. wall around the city
• D. irrigation system

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

• A. Akkad
• B. Assyria
• C. Hammurabi
• D. Nebuchadnezzar

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

• A. the Hittites
• B. the Persians
• C. the Chaldeans
• D. the Assyrians