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Military Empires

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was Hammurabi?
a)
He was a god.
b)
He was a king of the first city of Ur.
c)
He was the king of the Babylonian empire.
d)
He was a Mesopotamian scribe.
2.

What is Hammurabi famous for?

a)

He was the first to use cuneiform (writing)

b)

He was the first emperor.

c)

He had a powerful army.

d)

He was the first to produce written laws.

3.

What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?

a)

He had scribes write and display them fin public or all to see

b)

He required fathers to teach the code to their children

c)

He had teachers make students memorize them

d)

He required priests to pray them to the gods as worship

4.

Laws are necessary because:

a)

Without them life would be chaotic

b)

Restrains sin

c)

Keeps order in society

d)

All the above

5.

One reason Hammurabi's code is famous is that

a)

it was the first set of laws recorded in writing

b)

it was written in a sophisticated code that took years for historians to translate

c)

it was beautifully written on a single giant stone of polished basalt

d)

it was the first set of laws to rhyme to help people remember them

6.
What is the name that has been given to the religious complex in the center of a Mesopotamian city?
a)
Temple
b)
Shrine
c)
Ziggurat
d)
Pyramid
7.
What are the Sumerians famous for?
a)
Fighting with the Greeks
b)
Forming the first human civilization
c)
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
d)
The library at Ninevah
8.
True or False: Cuneiform was only used to write one language.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Who created and ruled the Babylonian Empire?
a)
Hammurabi
b)
Marduk
c)
Nabopolassar
10.
The Fertile Crescent, which was home to Mesopotamia, got its name from its curving shape.
a)
True
b)
False 
11.

What are the names of the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?

a)

White Nile and Blue Nile

b)

Indus and Ganges

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Nile and Tigris

12.

What empire came just before the first Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia?

a)

Akkadian

b)

Assyrian

c)

Sumerian

d)

Persian

13.

What river was the city of Babylon located on?

a)

The Nile

b)

The Amazon

c)

The Euphrates

d)

The Tigris

14.

What country is the city of Babylon located in today?

a)

Turkey

b)

Israel

c)

Iraq

d)

Egypt

15.

What is Assyria?

a)

An ancient country along the Tigris River in present-day Iraq.

b)

An ancient city that is the captial of Assyria

c)

An ancient Mespotamian empire ran by Hammurabi

d)

A written set of laws that everyone under a government had to follow

16.
This picture shows an area known as the..
a)
Farming Curve
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
Green C
d)
Fertile Curve
17.
Skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products were called
a)
Priests
b)
Artisans 
c)
Scribes
d)
Heros
18.
The Sumerian writing system was called
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphs
c)
English
d)
Sargon
19.
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
a)
kings and priests
b)
artisans
c)
merchants and traders
d)
scribes
20.
When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first
a)
empire
b)
huge city-state
c)
nation
d)
democracy
21.
Which of these are Sumerian inventions?
a)
Plow
b)
Wheel
c)
Sailboat
d)
All of them
22.
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
a)
artisans
b)
scribes
c)
heads of households
d)
merchants
23.
What was the main religion of the Sumerians?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Christianity
c)
Polytheism
d)
Judaism
24.
Why was Sargon important?
a)
He united Babylon to create the first empire
b)
He united Mesopotamia and created the first Empire
c)
He united Mesopotamia and made the first civilization
d)
He united Babylon and created the first civilization
25.
Rule by one person, a king or queen
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Theorcracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
26.
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.
a)
business class
b)
lower class
c)
middle class
d)
upper class