Quiz on Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations

Mesopotamia means the “land between the rivers.”

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The first empire was created by Hammurabi.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The Immortals were an elite group of soldiers in the Assyrian army.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The supreme god of Zoroastrianism was Ahura Mazda.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

Carthage finally defeated the Romans in the third war fought between them.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Cyrus the Great died in battle in 530 BCE.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The Phoenicians sailed as far north as Britain.

• True

• False

The Romans added vowels to the Phoenician alphabet.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The belief in more than one god is called

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Prosper

• Zoroastrianism

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Sargon’s empire was known as the

• Babylonian Empire

• Neo-Babylonian Empire

• Akkadian Empire

• Amorite Empire