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The Akkadian Empire

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Babylonians

b)

Sumerians

c)

Assyrians

d)

Persians

2.

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

a)

Democracy

b)

Autrocracy

c)

Empire

d)

Socialism

3.

What language did the Akkadians speak?

a)

Sumerian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Asyrian

d)

Akkadian

4.

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

a)

Sargon The Great

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Naram-Sin

5.

What was Naram-Sin famous for?

a)

He was the Babylonian ruler who conquered the Akkadians

b)

He was a scribe who wrote the Epic of Gilgamesh

c)

He was ruler of the Akkadian Empire during its peak

d)

He was the god of the Sun and the primary god of the city of Uruk

6.

Who is Naram-Sin?

a)

Friend of Sargon the Great

b)

Relative of Sargon the Great

c)

Son of Sargon the Great

d)

Grandson of Sargon the Great

7.

Why did the Sumerians think that the Akkadian Empire collapsed?

a)

Because they spoke a different language

b)

Because they could not fight well

c)

Because they failed to offer the right sacrifices to the gods

d)

Because of a curse placed on them when they destroyed the temple at Nippur

8.

Sargon introduced the concept of the dynasty to an empire. What was this?

a)

When a king would assign leaders to rule each city who reported in to him

b)

Another name for the civil service or administrators who worked for the government

c)

When the son of a king inherited his kingdom and became king when he died

d)

All of the above

9.

True or false: There was a good road system that ran between the major cities of the empire.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which empire was the first ruler of Mesopotamia?

a)

The Babylonian Empire

b)

The Sumerian Empire

c)

The Akkadian Empire

d)

The Assyrian Empire