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LHW Chapter 4: Sunday, Monday...

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The land was called_because it lay between two rivers

a)

Mesothermia

b)

Mesoamerica

c)

Mesopotamia

2.

The rivers are the ___ and the ____

a)

Ganges, Mississippi

b)

Columbia, Missouri

c)

Tigris, Euphrates

3.

__is the Middle Eastern country in this land today.

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Israel

4.

Because the towns and cities were built with __, they crumbled to rubble

a)

mud bricks

b)

concrete

c)

wood

5.

__was once the greatest city on earth.

a)

Ur

b)

Nineveh

c)

Babylon

6.

_was the Assyrian capital

a)

Babylon

b)

Nineveh

c)

Ur

7.

_was born in Ur.

a)

Moses

b)

Abraham

c)

Nebuchadnezzar

8.

Homes and temples were built as early as_BCE

a)

3100

b)

6100

c)

103

9.

In the tombs were found treasures, including

a)

Iron cooking pots, harnesses, hammers

b)

Plows and scythes

c)

Golden headdresses, helmets, vessels and daggers.

10.

___recorded stories and business dealings.

a)

Clay tablets

b)

Papyrus scrolls

c)

Parchment

11.

Mesopotamian writing is called __ because of the wedge-shaped stick used to press into the wet clay.

a)

cuneiform

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

italic

12.

The code of _ is the oldest law book in the world, from the king who lived around 1700 BC

a)

Nebuchadnezzar

b)

Abraham

c)

Hammurabi

13.

Babylonian and Assyrian art shows scenes of war and worship.

a)

war and worship

b)

music and dancing

c)

farming and baking

14.

The Babylonians worshiped:

a)

Zeus, Hera, and Hermes

b)

Neptune, Pluto, and Mars

c)

The sun, moon, and stars

15.

The Babylonians

a)

named the constellations

b)

launched a moon rocket

c)

discovered planets

16.

The belief that planets control your destiny is...

a)

psychology

b)

astrology

c)

astronomy

17.

Because they gave a day to each planet and the sun and moon, we have

a)

a 12-month calendar

b)

a 7-day week

c)

a leap year every 4 years

18.

They built __ in order to reach closer to the stars

a)

ziggurats

b)

temples

c)

hanging gardens

19.

_ was the last great Babylonian king. He ordered the building of canals and irrigation systems, putting to work the many slaves he captured in battles.

a)

Ashurbanipal

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Nebuchadnezzar