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Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who made a strict and cruel, and the first, code of laws?

a)

Nebuchadnezzar

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Sargon

d)

Nabopolassar

2.

How did the Assyrians treat the Mesopotamians when they took over their lands?

a)

Fairly

b)

Superbly

c)

Moderately well

d)

Cruelly

3.

What was the written language created by the Mesopotamians called?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Cuneiwriting

c)

Roman numerals

d)

script

4.

What civilization had astronomers to study the heavens?

a)

Egyptians

b)

Assyrians

c)

Indians

d)

Babylonians

5.

What were the names of the ancient rulers of Babylon and Sumer?

a)

King Tut

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Nabopolassar

d)

Chugamonga

e)

Nebuchadnezzar

6.

What is an empire?

a)

A group of many lands united under one ruler.

b)

One land with a king.

c)

Two lands with two kings.

d)

A group of many lands with many rulers.

7.

What are the names of the two major rivers that allowed Mesopotamia to grow?

a)

Tigris and the Nile

b)

The Nile and the Euphrates

c)

The Nile and the Amazon

d)

The Tigris and the Euphrates

8.

What was the Assyrian capital when they ruled Mesopotamia?

a)

Babylon

b)

Nineveh

c)

Assyria

d)

Chaladenia

9.

Why did the Assyrians take conquered people from their lands and move them to unfamiliar places?

a)

They had better homes for them in the new places.

b)

They wanted them to live in better land.

c)

They wanted them to be less able to organize and rebel.

d)

They wanted them to be more able to organize and rebel.

10.

For whom was the Hanging Gardens built, and with whose money?

a)

It was built for the king with his own money.

b)

It was built for the king's wife with the king's money.

c)

It was built for the king's wife with the people's money.

d)

It was built for the king with the people's money.

11.

On what did the Sumerians write?

a)

Clay tablets

b)

Paper

c)

Papyrus

d)

Chat boxes