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WorksheetsEmpires of Mesopotamia
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which empire was first?
Assyrians
Babylonians
Akkadians
Persians
Hammurabi was ruler of what empire?
Old Babylon
New Babylon
Assyrian
Persian
Hammurabi is famous for:
creating the first law code
writing a book called The Epic of Gilgamesh
being the first emperor
creating a bureaucracy
To arrange and set in writing is to:
codify
colonize
alphabetize
What two categories of law are in Hammurabi's Code?
Civil and Criminal
Communal and Civil
Capital and Criminal
Communal and Capital
True or False: Babylon was polytheistic
True
False
The Assyrian Empire was:
Fierce but well-organized
Kind but disorganized
Fierce and disorganized
Kind and well-organized
Which is not an achievement of the Assyrian Empire?
Glassmaking
Lock and Key technology
World's first library
Mail system
Which king founded one of the world's first libraries?
King Assurbinapal of Assyria
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
King Darius of Persia
Nebuchadnezzar was king of which empire?
Old Babylon
New Babylon
Assyria
Persia
Nebuchadnezzar built which of the "seven wonders of the ancient world"?
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Pyramids of Egypt
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria
This is a picture of the Ishtar Gate. The Ishtar gate was built by:
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Darius
The Persians were known for being very:
cruel
tolerant
What is a bureaucracy?
A system of managing government through various bureaus or departments run by appointed officials
A system of government where peasants work for a feudal lord and pay him tribute
A system of government where there is no government
A system of managing government where one person alone is in charge of everything.
What economic change happened during the Persian empire?
They changed from a barter economy to a money economy
They changed from a money economy to a barter economy
Which two Persian developments were models for later empires? (select two)
Mail System
Road System
Jail System
Internet System
What are the Hittites known for?
Ironworking
Bronzeworking
Goldsmithing
Silversmithing
