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WorksheetsSargon and Social Structure
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 17mins
Select the correct option. The first king of Akkad was:
Sargon II
Sargon the Great
Shamshi-adad I
Ashurbanipal
According to legend, who gave birth to Sargon?
Ishtar
A priestess
A farmer
Sargon Senior
Akki, the king's gardener, found Sargon in the basket in the river and raised him as his own. To what position did Sargon rise?
Cup bearer
Court jester
King's gardener
Court musician
After King Lugalzagesi of Umma took over the entire region of Sumer, he turned his sights on the city of Kish. What did the King of Kish do in response?
He sent Sargon as a peace offering to Lugalzagesi.
He told Sargon to gather the army together to defend against Lugalzagesi.
He killed Sargon as a sacrifice to the gods
He went into hiding and put Sargon as his replacement.
What did the King of Umma offer Sargon?
He offered him an empire
He offered him a partnership
He offered him land
He offered him peace and protection
What is the name of the 2 cities that Sargon built?
Umma
Babylon
Akkad
Kish
What weakened the Sumerian city-states helping Sargon to conquer them?
The peace among the city-states.
The wealth of the city-states.
The fighting of the city-states.
The unification of city-states.
Sargon's empire was created after he conquered what area of Mesopotamia?
Sumer
Egypt
China
Africa
What determines the ranking of a person in a Social Structure Pyramid?
Their close friends
Their culture
Their job
Their music preference
Which occupations belong to the lower class? (2 answers)
Kings
Artisans
Peasant Farmers
servants or laborers
merchants and traders
Which occupations belong to the upper class? 3 answers
government officials or nobles
Kings
scribes
merchants and traders
Priest
Which occupation and social class is the most populated?
farmers, lower class
merchants, middle class
craftsman, middle class
slaves, bottom of social structure
Choose the answers that are true of Sargon (multiple answers)
postal system
1st Empire
Many roads were built
Made a professional full time army
Which choice is an example of an empire?
Many lands, peoples, and cultures under one government or ruler
king ruling over an independent city-state
A nation divided into states that follow the same laws
religious leader that govern the religion and the government
The rights and privileges of women and girls in Mesopotamia
were equal to those of men and boys.
were greater than those of men and boys.
were less than those of men and boys.
were better than those of men and boys.
Which of the following people would be in the highest social class?
Scribe
Merchant
Priest
Farmer
