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WorksheetsAncient Mesopotamia Quiz 2 - The Empires
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 32mins
The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers empty into this body of water.
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
A complex irrigation system brought water from this river to water the Hanging Gardens at Babylon.
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Babylonian River
Nile River
The Fertile Crescent extended from this body of water in the west to the Persian Gulf.
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
This body of water is located north of the Fertile Crescent & the Anatolian Pennisula.
Red Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Dead Sea
This mountain range is located to the east of the Fertile Crescent.
Anontalion Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Ziggurat Mountains
The Assyrian capital of Ninevah was located along this river.rdan
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Nile River
Jordan River
Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 BCE?
Hittites
Assyrians
Babylonians
Persians
In 612 BCE the Chaldeans defeated whom?
Akkadians
Assyrians
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route between the Mediterranean Sea & the
Euphrates Rivers
Black Sea
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Towel of Babel
The Pyramids
King's Palace
What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?
how to use more advanced weapons such as catapults and battering rams
how to fight while riding horses
how to use stronger metals such as iron for weaponry
how to make chariots
A group of traveling merchants
caravan
posse
empire
artisans
the Assyrian Empire's capital city
Nineveh
Ur
Eridu
Egypt
a political district
province
territory
government
city
Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Darius
Hammurabi
Belshazzar
one who studies the stars and planets
astronomer
astrologist
archaeologists
architect
