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Mesopotamia Part 2 and 3

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hammurabi was a __________________ king.

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

2.

Hammurabi is best known for...

a)

his code of laws

b)

the empire he created with Babylon at its center

c)

creating the first empire in the world

d)

creating stele

3.

The ____________ conquered the Babylonians around 1595 BC.

a)

Persians

b)

Assyrians

c)

HIttites

d)

Kassites

4.

One of the greatest contributions of the Hittites was ________________.

a)

iron smelting

b)

the phalanx military formation

c)

horse drawn chariots

d)

bronze weapons and tools

5.

A new dynasty began in 722 B.C. when _____________ seized power.​ Modeling himself on Sargon the Great, he divided the empire into provinces and kept the peace.

a)

Sargon II

b)

Ashurbanipal

c)

Esarhaddon

d)

Ashurnasirpal II

6.

The Hittites freely shared their advanced technology with their neighboring cultures.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Shalmaneser conquered ____________.

a)

Israel

b)

Egypt

c)

Judah

d)

Samaria

8.

The _____________ were from the mountains east of Mesopotamia. During their rule of Babylon immigrants from Europe and India arrived in Mesopotamia.

a)

Persians

b)

Hittites

c)

Kassites

d)

Assyrians

9.

Ashurnasirpal II was hated because of his brutality. His son Shalmaneser spent the majority of his reign fighting off an alliance between ________________.

a)

Judah, Samaria, and Israel

b)

Persia, Syria and Egypt

c)

Israel, Judah, and Egypt

d)

Syria, Babylon and Egypt

10.

The Kassites abandoned their own culture after a couple of generations of dominance, allowing themselves to be absorbed into Babylonian civilization

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The Assyrian Empire spread throughout the region of Mesopotamia eventually expanding as far as Palestine and Egypt.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The ______________ Empire began in about 1365 B.C. in the areas between the lands controlled by the Hittites and the Kassites.

a)

Assyrian

b)

Akkadian

c)

Persian

d)

Babylonian