Quiz on Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations

Mesopotamia means the “land between the rivers.”

• True

• False

The first empire was created by Hammurabi.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

The supreme god of Zoroastrianism was Ahura Mazda.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Cyrus the Great died in battle in 530 BCE.

• True

• False

The Phoenicians sailed as far north as Britain.

• True

• False

The Romans added vowels to the Phoenician alphabet.

• True

• False

The belief in more than one god is called

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Prosper

• Zoroastrianism

Sargon’s empire was known as the

• Babylonian Empire

• Neo-Babylonian Empire

• Akkadian Empire

• Amorite Empire