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Early Empires Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best describes an empire?

a)

a society with city life, trade, record keeping, and government

b)

a dominant, central state controls many other, weaker states

c)

any civilization ruled by a monarch such as a king or queen

d)

a nation that focuses only on war rather than ideas or trade

2.

What was the first major empire in history founded by Sargon the Great?

a)

Akkadian

b)

Old Babylonian

c)

Assyrian

d)

Persian

3.

Which empire used iron weapons and advanced technology to create the largest empire to that point? It was known for its cruelty and built the city Ninevah.

a)

Akkadian

b)

Neo-Babylonian

c)

Assyrian

d)

Minoan

4.

Which empire defeated the Assyrians and is known for constructing the Hanging Gardens and Ishtar gate. Its most famous ruler was Nebuchadnezzar II.

a)

Phoenician

b)

Persian

c)

Hebrew

d)

Neo-Babylonian

5.

What is one of the oldest organized systems of laws created during the Old Babylonian Empire?

a)

Twelve Tables

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

Rosetta Stone

d)

Ten Commandements

6.

Which statement is true of both the Minoan and Phoenician civilizations?

a)

they invented the wheel

b)

they built the first roads from Egypt to India

c)

they traded throughout the Mediterranean Sea

d)

they were the first cultures to use irrigation

7.

How are the religions of Judaism and Zoroastrianism similar?

a)

they both believe in many gods

b)

they both believe in one god

c)

neither of them believe in a god

d)

neither of them believe in life after death

8.

Which famous New Kingdom pharaoh stopped the Hittite invasion and built large temples across Egypt such as Abu Simbel?

a)

Amenhotep IV

b)

Ramses II

c)

Hatshepsut

d)

Tutankhamen

9.

How did the Assyrian and Persian empires rule their vast empires?

a)

they were both tolerant of the cultures of the people they conquered

b)

they were both divided into provinces and had systems of communication

c)

rulers of both empires sentenced all conquered peoples to death

d)

the official state religion of both empires was Judaism 

10.

Who founded the Persian Empire and tolerated having different cultures and beliefs within his empire?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Cicero

c)

Alexander

d)

Sennacherib