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Mesopotamia quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Nebuchadnezzar ll best known for?

a)

They made up a bunch of laws

b)

They conquered the jews

c)

They were a king

2.

How long did Hammurabi rule for?

a)

50

b)

41

c)

43

d)

52

3.

What was Darius l 's status?

a)

Pastor

b)

King

c)

Slave

4.

Who was not a ruler in the babylonian empire?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Nebuchadnezzar ll

c)

Darius l

d)

Nabopolassar

5.

When did Cyrus conquer the Median empire?

a)

550 BC

b)

500 BC

c)

540 BC

6.

When did the Assyrians get weak and fall under rule of the babylon empire?

a)

1803 BC

b)

820 BC

c)

1781 BC

d)

1750 BC

7.

in 1595 BCE, who conquered babylon?

a)

The Akkadians

b)

The Assyrians

c)

The Kassites

d)

The Persian empire

8.

When did the Akkadian empire fall?

a)

2000 BC

b)

2200 BC

c)

2100 BC

d)

2150 BC

9.

What did Sumerian art usually depict?

a)

Buildings

b)

Gods

c)

Food

d)

Animals

10.

What did the sumerians invent?

a)

The wheel

b)

Wrighting

c)

A number system

d)

Sun dried bricks

e)

Clocks

11.

When was the story of the epic of gilgamesh first recorded?

a)

2100 BC

b)

2000 BC

c)

3000 BC

d)

3100 BC

e)

3500 BC

12.

What did Sumerians use to wright on?

a)

Parchment

b)

Clay

c)

Leather

13.

How many laws did Hammurabi make?

a)

284

b)

280

c)

282

d)

281

14.

How many lines of writing were in Hammurabi's code?

a)

100

b)

4000

c)

3000

d)

5000

15.

Who was not a Mesopotamian god?

a)

Anu

b)

Enlil

c)

Jui

d)

Enki

e)

Utu

16.

What was the smaller class made of

a)

Craftsmen

b)

Merchants

c)

Scribes

d)

High level administrators

e)

Civil servants

17.

Aqueduct definition

a)

A non-man-made channel that carries water to one location to another

b)

A man-made channel that carries water to one location to another

c)

A place to store boats and other stuff like boats

d)

A canal that delivers water to fields without flooding

18.

Sumer is __________

a)

The first civilization in the world

b)

A style of clothing

c)

A farming technique used by people for many years

19.

Darius l decided to conquer the greeks in _____

a)

1460 BC

b)

460 BC

c)

490 BC

d)

462 BC

20.

What was the greatest strength of the Assyrian army?

a)

Physical strength

b)

Weaponry

c)

Chariots

d)

There leaders

21.

What was the Ziggurat built for?

a)

It was built for housing of the people in the village

b)

It was built as a temple to worship the peoples god(s)

c)

It was built as a farm house, for people to store there food

22.

Akkad was under the leadership of _________

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Surgan the great

c)

Nebuchadnezzar II

d)

Darius I

23.

When did the sumerians start to use the wheel in vehicles?

a)

2490 BC

b)

3200 BC

c)

4000 BC

d)

2500 BC

24.

Who dies in the story of the epic of Gilgamesh?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Durias I

c)

Enkidu

d)

Gilgamesh