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Chapter 4 Mesopotamia

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A Babylonian king who is known for creating a strict set of laws.

a)

Nebuchadnezzer

b)

Nabopolasser

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Ashirbanipal

2.

A belief in more than one god

a)

Monotheism

b)

Religion

c)

Polytheism

d)

Tritheism

3.

The Chaldean Empire is also known as...

a)

The Chaldean Empire

b)

The Babylonian Empire

c)

The Assyrian Empire

d)

The New Babylonian Empire

4.

Assyrian tools and weapons were made out of this to make them stronger.

a)

Iron

b)

Wood

c)

Bronze

d)

Lapis lazuli

5.

In 612 B.C. the _______________joined the Chaldeans to defeat the Assyrian army.

a)

Egyptians

b)

Greeks

c)

Medes

d)

Babylonians

6.

The use of dams channels, walls and ditches to bring water to crops...

a)

Irrigation

b)

Dams

c)

Rivers

d)

Floods

7.

A mixture of copper and tin is

a)

Gold

b)

Silver

c)

Iron

d)

Bronze

8.

A person who copies or writes out documents

a)

Tutor

b)

Scribe

c)

Teacher

d)

Artisan

9.

Fine particles of fertile soil

a)

Silt

b)

Carnelian

c)

Irrigation

d)

Dirt

10.

Who ruled the Babylonian Empire?

a)

Nabopolasser

b)

Nebuchadnezzer

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Ashirbanipal

11.

Mesopotamia means...

a)

"The land between the rivers"

b)

"Fertile Soil Land"

c)

"Mess of a land"

d)

"The land around the rivers"

12.

A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top

a)

Pyramid

b)

Temple

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Palace

13.

Sargon was the king of

a)

The Rivers

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

The Assyrians

d)

The Rivers

14.

Scribes would not record this information (choose one).

a)

birth records

b)

marriage contracts

c)

business deals

d)

court records

15.

What did the Sumerians NOT trade for timber, minerals and metals

a)

Jewelry

b)

Tools

c)

Barley

d)

Wheat

16.

Sumerian tools, weapons and jewelry were made out this to make them stronger

a)

Bronze

b)

Iron

c)

Wood

d)

Carnelian

17.

This was created by the Assyrian kings to make their Empire more manageable

a)

City-states

b)

Empires

c)

Towns

d)

Provinces

18.

A traveling group of merchants is called...

a)

Artisans

b)

Merchants

c)

Caravans

d)

Enslaved people

19.

Sumerians from all classes learned to write in cuneiform?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The two rivers on either side of Mesopotamia

a)

Tigris and Euphrates

b)

Nile and Tigris

c)

Euphrates and Nile

d)

Nile and Amazon

21.

Who was the king of the Assyrian Empire?

a)

Ashirbanipal

b)

Nabopolasser

c)

Nebuchadnezzer

d)

Hammurabi

22.

Which social class had the most amount of people?

a)

Upper

b)

Middle

c)

Lower

d)

There were no social classes

23.

Who built the Hanging Gardens?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Nebuchadnezzer

c)

Nabopolasser

d)

Ashirbanipal

24.

Who did the Chaldean take their empire back from?

a)

The Assyrians

b)

The river gods

c)

The Babylonian Priests

d)

The Sumerians

25.

Who is Nebuchadnezzer's Father?

a)

Darth Vader

b)

Ashirbanipal

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Nabopolasser

26.

Skilled workers who made pottery, cloth and metal products

a)

Artisans

b)

Merchants

c)

Caravans

d)

Farmers

27.

Sumerian kings claimed they received their power from the

a)

previous kings

b)

ziggurat

c)

Tigris River

d)

city’s gods

28.

Which of these is NOT a Sumerian invention

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Wheel

c)

Wooden plow

d)

Sun dial

e)

Chariot