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WorksheetsMesopotamia Vocabulary
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
_________ = a society that has cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers who specialize in various jobs.
a)
Village
b)
Town
c)
Civilization
d)
Social Hierarchy
2.
_________ = a period of time characterized by the use of bronze for tools and weapons.
a)
Stone Age
b)
Cambrian Epoch
c)
Renaissance
d)
Bronze Age
3.
________ = a professional writer
a)
Scribe
b)
Recorder
c)
Artisan
d)
Bazaar
4.
_______ = a region in Southwest Asia; site of the first civilizations
a)
Sahara Desert
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
Polytheism
d)
Cuneiform
5.
__________ = the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
a)
Assyrian Empire
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Middle East
d)
Nineveh
6.
_______ = a city that is also a separate, independent state.
a)
City-state
b)
Civilization
c)
Myth
d)
Nation
7.
______ = the belief in many gods/goddesses
a)
Polytheism
b)
Monotheism
c)
Theocracy
d)
Atheism
8.
________ = a traditional story; a legend that explains people’s beliefs
a)
Myth
b)
Tall Tale
c)
Polytheism
d)
Bazaar
9.
_______ = farm tool used to sow and turn the soil; invention of the Sumerians
a)
Plow
b)
Wheel and axle
c)
Scribe
d)
Cuneiform
10.
______ = King of Akkadia; conquered and united the Sumerian city-states, creating the first empire.
a)
Sargon the Great
b)
King Nebuchadnezzar II
c)
King Hammurabi
d)
Chaldeans
11.
______ = many territories and peoples controlled by one government.
a)
Empire
b)
Country
c)
City-state
d)
Code
12.
______ = the capital of Babylonia; a city of great wealth and luxury.
a)
Babylon
b)
Sumer
c)
Nineveh
d)
Assur
13.
______ = the second empire to rule the Fertile Crescent Region; known for its law code.
a)
Assyrian Empire
b)
Babylonian Empire
c)
Akkadian Empire
d)
New Babylonian Empire
14.
_______ = a group of traders traveling together.
a)
Caravan
b)
Bazaar
c)
Civilization
d)
Troupe
15.
_______ = a market selling different kinds of goods.
a)
Battering Ram
b)
Bazaar
c)
Centre
d)
Artisan
16.
________ = a powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels.
a)
Bazaar
b)
Catapult
c)
Battering ram
d)
Slingshot
17.
______ = the empire to rule the Fertile Crescent region after the Babylonian Empire; named after the city of Assur.
a)
Assyrian Empire
b)
Babylonian Empire
c)
Akkadian Empire
d)
New Babylonian Empire
18.
______ = capital of the Assyrian Empire.
a)
Assur
b)
Nineveh
c)
Babylon
d)
Sumer
19.
________ = the empire to rule the Fertile Crescent after the Assyrian Empire; ruled by the Chaldeans.
a)
Assyrian Empire
b)
Babylonian Empire
c)
Akkadian Empire
d)
New Babylonian Empire
20.
_________ = rebuilt the city of Babylon, which the Assyrians had destroyed; built the Hanging Gardens
a)
King Nebuchadnezzar II
b)
King Hammurabi
c)
King Sargon the Great
d)
King Cyrus the Great
21.
________ = an organized list of laws and rules.
a)
Code
b)
Form
c)
Statute
d)
Scribe
22.
________ = the king of Babylon from about 1792 t0 1750 B.C.E.; creator of the Babylonian Empire.
a)
King Hammurabi
b)
King Nebuchadnezzar II
c)
King Sargon the Great
d)
King Cyrus the Great
23.
_______ = list of 282 laws that covered most areas of daily life; created by King Hammurabi for the Babylonian Empire.
a)
Nebuchadnezzar's Code
b)
Hammurabi's Code
c)
Sarabi's Code
d)
Sargon's Code
24.
_______ = earliest known writing system; groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent.
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphs
c)
Alphabet
d)
Caveman
25.
___________ = a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language.
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Alphabet
c)
Phoenicians
d)
Bazaar
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