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Ancient Mesopotamia Quiz 2 - The Empires

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers empty into this body of water.

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Red Sea

2.

A complex irrigation system brought water from this river to water the Hanging Gardens at Babylon.

a)

Tigris River

b)

Euphrates River

c)

Babylonian River

d)

Nile River

3.

The Fertile Crescent extended from this body of water in the west to the Persian Gulf.

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Red Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

4.

This body of water is located north of the Fertile Crescent & the Anatolian Pennisula.

a)

Red Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Dead Sea

5.

This mountain range is located to the east of the Fertile Crescent.

a)

Anontalion Mountains

b)

Zagros Mountains

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Ziggurat Mountains

6.

The Assyrian capital of Ninevah was located along this river.rdan

a)

Euphrates River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Nile River

d)

Jordan River

7.

Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 BCE?

a)

Hittites

b)

Assyrians

c)

Babylonians

d)

Persians

8.

In 612 BCE the Chaldeans defeated whom?

a)

Akkadians

b)

Assyrians

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Nebuchadnezzar

9.

Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route between the Mediterranean Sea & the

a)

Euphrates Rivers

b)

Black Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Persian Gulf

10.

Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

a)

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

b)

Towel of Babel

c)

The Pyramids

d)

King's Palace

11.

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?

a)

how to use more advanced weapons such as catapults and battering rams

b)

how to fight while riding horses

c)

how to use stronger metals such as iron for weaponry

d)

how to make chariots

12.

A group of traveling merchants

a)

caravan

b)

posse

c)

empire

d)

artisans

13.

the Assyrian Empire's capital city

a)

Nineveh

b)

Ur

c)

Eridu

d)

Egypt

14.

a political district

a)

province

b)

territory

c)

government

d)

city

15.

Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon

a)

Nebuchadnezzar

b)

Darius

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Belshazzar

16.

one who studies the stars and planets

a)

astronomer

b)

astrologist

c)

archaeologists

d)

architect