WorksheetsANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does the word Mesopotamia means in Greek language?
First civilization
Land between rives
Xerxes rules
New stone age
The religious temples that look like pyramids but the sides look like stair steps
Empire
Building
Ziggurat
Pyramid
What are the Sumerians famous for?
Fighting with the Greeks
Forming the first human civilization
Conquering Ancient Egypt
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Which of the following is considered an important invention by the Sumerians?
Writing
Government
Irrigation
Wheeled vehicles
All of the above
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
Gods worshiped by the Sumerians
The two most famous Kings of the Sumer
Major cities located in Mesopotamia
Major rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia
Deserts located to each side of where the Sumer originally settled
How was the number 60 important to the Sumerians?
It was the number of gods they worshiped
It was the base number for their mathematics and numbering system
They considered the number 60 unlucky and never used it
They had 60 letters in their alphabet
What peoples came before the Akkadians in the land of Mesopotamia?
Babylonians
Sumerians
Persians
Greeks
What Akkadian leader rose to power and first united Mesopotamia under one rule?
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
Xerxes
Sargon the Great
Sargon introduced the concept of the dynasty to an empire. What was this?
When a king would assign leaders to rule each city who reported in to him
When the son of a king inherited his kingdom and became king when he died
Another name for the civil service or administrators who worked for the government
All of the above
What language did the Akkadians speak?
Sumerian
Assyrian
Akkadian
Arabic
Who was Hammurabi?
The first king of the Babylonian Empire
The main god worshiped in the city of Babylon
The king who build the famous Hanging Gardens
The last king of the Babylonians
What was unique about the Code of Hammurabi?
It was very similar to Morse Code which was invented thousands of years later
It was the first time the laws of a major government were written down
It was used to pass secret messages that the Assyrians could not decipher
It was secret and only known by the top officials of the day
What king ruled for 43 years and brought the Babylonian Empire back to its peak including building the famous Hanging Gardens?
Hammurabi
Nabopolassar
Sargon II
Nebuchadnezzar II
What did Nebuchadnezzar II do when he conquered the Jewish people?
He made them leave their homes and into slavery in Babylon for 70 years
He forced them to build him giant pyramids in Egypt
He turned them into his elite fighting force
He did not conquer the Jewish people
What Assyrian city held a famous library of thousands of clay tablets?
Babylon
Niniveh
Ashur
Jerusalem
Who was the king who first formed the Persian Empire?
Xerxez
Darius II
Cyrus the Great
Artaxerxes
What was unique about the rule of the Persians under Cyrus the Great?
He allowed people to keep their local customs and religions
He forced all peoples to believe in his religion
He moved peoples to new lands so they could not rebel as easy
None of the above
What religion did the Persians follow?
Same as the Sumerians
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
Same as the Babylonians
Where did the Spartans and Persians famously battle each other?
Marathon
Thermopylae
Athens
Jerusalem
What ruler conquered the Persian Empire?
Sargon the Great
Philip of Macedonia
Alexander the Great
Cleopatra VII
