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Four Empires of Mesopotamia-2024

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these leaders of empires came first?
a)
Cyrus
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Nebuchadrezzar
2.
For what is Hammurabi best remembered?
a)
a code of laws
b)
a style of battle
c)
a hanging garden
d)
a system of canals
3.

How did the Akkadians get the resources to build up their capital city?

a)

mined precious stones in the mountains

b)

collected tributes from conquered peoples

c)

expanded irrigation to grow bigger crops

d)

printed paper money to buy what it needed

4.
What was the purpose of Assyrian aqueducts?
a)
to bring water to the city
b)
to raise crops in the dry soil
c)
to let boats pass between rivers
d)
to protect the palace from attack
5.
Over which of the following groups was Sargon the ruler?
a)
Akkadians
b)
Babylonians
c)
Egyptians
d)
Assyrians
6.
For what achievement is Sargon best known? 
a)
Building the Hanging Gardens for his wife
b)
Creating the world's first empire
c)
Inventing peanut butter
d)
Creating the first code of laws
7.

Why did Nebuchadnezzar build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

a)

He wanted to sell plants and flowers

b)

He wanted to impress his guests

c)

He wanted to make his homesick wife happy

d)

He loved gardening

8.

Which of the following shows how warlike the Assyrians were?

a)

They invented the battering ram and had iron weapons

b)

They allowed women in their army

c)

They killed everyone in the cities they attacked

d)

They killed the horses of their enemies

9.
What was the name of the oldest epic story ever written?
a)
Little Red Riding Hood
b)
War and Peace
c)
Gilgamesh
d)
Gone With the Wind
10.
Which Mesopotamian Empire was defeated by the Persians under Cyrus, the Great?
a)
Sumerians
b)
Babylonians
c)
Akkadians
d)
Neo-Babylonians
11.

What is an empire?

a)

a large area controlled under a single ruler

b)

a group with same laws, religion and language

c)

a group with a single ruler

d)

a group that shares the same culture or way of life

12.

Which of the following is the correct order of the Mesopotamian Empires?

a)

Assyria, Babylonia, Akkad, Persia, Neo-Babylonian

b)

Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian

c)

Neo-Babylonian, Akkad, Assyria, Babylonian

d)

Persia, Akkad, Babylonia, Neo-Babylonian, Assyrian

13.
How did Hammurabi unify and keep order in his empire?
a)
being a strong military leader
b)
creating the world's first empire
c)
He was never able to keep order in his empire.
d)
creating a code of laws
14.

Why did Sargon destroy city walls and replace disloyal governors?

a)

To maintain control of his empire - no defenses

b)

To increase his wealth

c)

To honor the gods

d)

To give more rights to women and slaves

15.

One of Sargon's most notable political achievements was the creation of the most basic principal of monarchy known as _________.

a)

Tributes

b)

Hereditary Rule

c)

Siege Warfare

d)

the Diaspora

16.

Which NeoBabylonian king is credited with the legendary structured pictured?

a)

Ashurbanipal

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Nebuchadreszzar II

d)

Sargon I

17.

Which Mesopotamian empire is most likely depicted in this picture.

a)
Akkadian
b)
Babylonian
c)
Assyrian
d)
NeoBabylonian
18.
Which of these leaders of empires came first? 
a)
Cyrus
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Nebuchadrezzar
19.

Hammurabi was the king of this empire.

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

20.

This empire was created by a warlike people

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

21.

Women first had rights in this empire.

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

22.

These people told stories about cutting off the heads of leaders and made others wear them as a necklace!

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

23.

Who conquered the Assyrians?

a)

Akkadians

b)

Neo-Babylonians

c)

Babylonians

d)

Shanks

24.

What is a stele?

a)

A type of metal

b)

A type of law

c)

An upright 3-D sculture with inscriptions

d)

A temple

25.

What is a ziggurat?

a)

a temple

b)

a building with a temple on top

c)

an underground tunnel

d)

a type of religion

26.
The Sumerians developed ____________, the world's first system of writing.
a)
cuneiform
b)
scribe
c)
epics
d)
cylinder seals
27.
A ______________ was a writer, often hired to keep track of items people traded.
a)
scribe
b)
epic
c)
pictograph
d)
cuneiform
28.

This picture shows an example of

a)

a drought

b)

irrigation

c)

a scribe

d)

all of these

29.

City-states had their own

a)

ziggurats

b)

government

c)

crops

d)

all of the above

30.

What peoples came before the Akkadians in the land of Mesopotamia?

a)

Babylonians

b)

Sumerians

c)

Assyrians

d)

Persians

31.

The Akkadians were the first to move from separate city-states to this form of government.

a)

Democracy

b)

Autrocracy

c)

Empire

d)

Socialism

32.

What Akkadian leader rose to power and first united Mesopotamia under one rule?

a)

Sargon The Great

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Naram-Sin

33.

Hammurabi is best known for...

a)

his code of laws

b)

the empire he created with Babylon at its center

c)

creating the first empire in the world

d)

creating stele

34.

Babylonian women had more rights than in most other ancient societies.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Assyrians were known for treating their enemies and people captured well.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The Assyrians were highly skilled in this type of warfare...

a)

land

b)

siege

c)

desert

d)

mountain

37.

Siege warfare is when army soldiers camp outside a city and repeatedly attack it until the city falls.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Why was the creation of an aqueduct system important?

a)

It brought water to people who lived far away from a lake or river

b)

It allowed Mr. Como to take a bath

c)

It brought sand to people who lived far away from a lake or river

d)

It brought weather to people who lived far away from a lake or river

39.

The definition is:

a)

A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

b)

A large territory where several groups of people are ruled by a single power or government

c)

Wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior

d)

A city that is the center of government

40.

The definition is:

a)

A city that is the center of government

b)

Wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior

c)

The study of the stars and planets

d)

A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

41.

The definition is:

a)

The study of the stars and planets

b)

A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

c)

A sculpture in which the image projects out from a flat surface

d)

A large territory where several groups of people are ruled by a single power or government

42.

The definition is:

a)

A pipe or channel that brings water from distant places

b)

The study of the stars and planets

c)

A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

d)

Wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior

43.

Which of these is an example of a BAS-RELIEF?

a)
b)
c)
d)
44.

Which ruler of the Neo-Babylonians is most well remembered?

a)

King Nebuchadrezzar II

b)

King Hammurabi

c)

King Naram-Sin

d)

King Sargon