WorksheetsSS Weekly: Week 7, The Akkadian Empire
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is a folktale?
A folktale is a song that describes the past.
A folktale is a a nursery rhyme for adults.
A folktale is a story that is passed down by word of mouth for generations.
A folktale is a story told by a dad to mess with his kids.
What caused a challenge for historians who wanted to know more about Sargon?
The city of Akkad were destroyed and there is little written knowledge or existing evidence of Sargon for Historians to use.
Sargon was a very private person and demanded that all evidence of him was to be destroyed when he died.
Sargon and the city of Akkad were destroyed by a volcano, so all evidence of him was destroyed.
Little was known of Sargon because the people of middle earth were afraid to enter Mordor.
How dis Sargon become so powerful?
Sargon had all 6 of the Infinity Stones.
Sargon was a ruthless leader who would go after anyone who stood in his way, so everyone was scared of him.
Sargon was so well liked that all of the citizens of Akkad let him do whatever he wanted.
He appointed friends and family to important positions within his government.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
The Epic of Gilgamesh was a song about the Akkadians rule of Mesopotamia
It was a poem about the adventures of King Gilgamesh.
It was a short story describing how Gilgamesh and Sargon fought a historic battle for control of Akkad.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is rap battle between Akkadian Kings.
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Where did the people of the Akkadian Empire first establish settlements?
Southern Mesopotamia
Northern Mesopotamia
South of the Tigris and Euphrates
North of the Tigris and Euphrates
Some important discoveries from the ruins of Uruk included art, stone buildings and ______.
cylinder seals
paintings
jewelry
primitive tools
Sargon's power was maintained by....
Charisma and and a good personality.
Faithful followers
A Strong Military
Good legislative policies
What are some of the items that Dr. Thornwell Jacobs put into the time capsule?
blueprints for a car, a bicycle and roller skates
TV's, video players and gaming consoles.
CD's and DVD's
famous books, photographs and a movie script
When was the Code of Hammurabi discovered?
1701
1801
1901
2001
What is an Alluvial Plain?
An Alluvial Plain is a very large, flat landform created by soil deposits.
An Alluvial Plane is a commercial air liners used by Mesopotamians
An Alluvial Plain is created when a landslide from a volcano rests in a valley.
An Alluvial Plain is a large area on top of a mountain range.
