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WorksheetsLHW Chapter 4: Sunday, Monday...
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The land was called_because it lay between two rivers
Mesothermia
Mesoamerica
Mesopotamia
The rivers are the ___ and the ____
Ganges, Mississippi
Columbia, Missouri
Tigris, Euphrates
__is the Middle Eastern country in this land today.
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Because the towns and cities were built with __, they crumbled to rubble
mud bricks
concrete
wood
__was once the greatest city on earth.
Ur
Nineveh
Babylon
_was the Assyrian capital
Babylon
Nineveh
Ur
_was born in Ur.
Moses
Abraham
Nebuchadnezzar
Homes and temples were built as early as_BCE
3100
6100
103
In the tombs were found treasures, including
Iron cooking pots, harnesses, hammers
Plows and scythes
Golden headdresses, helmets, vessels and daggers.
___recorded stories and business dealings.
Clay tablets
Papyrus scrolls
Parchment
Mesopotamian writing is called __ because of the wedge-shaped stick used to press into the wet clay.
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
italic
The code of _ is the oldest law book in the world, from the king who lived around 1700 BC
Nebuchadnezzar
Abraham
Hammurabi
Babylonian and Assyrian art shows scenes of war and worship.
war and worship
music and dancing
farming and baking
The Babylonians worshiped:
Zeus, Hera, and Hermes
Neptune, Pluto, and Mars
The sun, moon, and stars
The Babylonians
named the constellations
launched a moon rocket
discovered planets
The belief that planets control your destiny is...
psychology
astrology
astronomy
Because they gave a day to each planet and the sun and moon, we have
a 12-month calendar
a 7-day week
a leap year every 4 years
They built __ in order to reach closer to the stars
ziggurats
temples
hanging gardens
_ 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.
Ashurbanipal
Ptolemy
Nebuchadnezzar
