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Mesopotamian Empires

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first King of the Akkadian Empire?

(a)  

2.

What happened after the Akkadian Empire fell?

a)

Babylon immediately took over.

b)

Assyria immediately took over.

c)

The region returned to city-states

d)

The region returned to hunting and gathering.

3.

What does "Babylon" mean?

a)

Gate of the Gods

b)

Baby Lion

c)

King Bylon's City

d)

Northern Capital

4.

What language did the Babylonians speak?

a)

Babylonian

b)

Sumerian

c)

Akkadian

d)

English

e)

Mesopotamian

5.

Hammurabi, King of the Babylonians, is famous for creating a list of...

a)

Groceries

b)

Laws

c)

Gods

d)

Animals

e)

Recipies

6.

According to Babylonian Law, which of the following crimes is not punished by death?

a)

Breaking into someones house and stealing.

b)

Accusing someone of a Capital Crime, but not proving it.

c)

Going to a bar (if you are a female Priest)

d)

Killing a slave by accident

e)

Building a bad house that collapses

7.

Write your own Babylonian-Style law.

4 lines
8.

This represents the Sun God of the Assyrians, who shared his name with their capital city. What was his name?

a)

Ra

b)

Ashur

c)

Sunny G

d)

Assyrion

e)

Ahura Mazda

9.

The Assyrians had two Empires: Old and New. Why did the Old Assyrian Empire fall?

a)

The Late Bronze Age Collapse

b)

The Fall of the House of Ashur

c)

The Babylonian Insurgency

d)

The Market Crash of 1929 BCE

e)

Hammurabi's Revenge

10.

Which of the following maps shows the New Assyrian Empire?

a)

b)

c)

d)

11.

Which of the following is not a member of the Semitic Language Family?

a)

Akkadian

b)

Sumerian

c)

Chaldean

d)

Arabic

12.

Which King came first?

a)

Nebuchadnessar

b)

Lugalzagesi

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Ashurbanipal

e)

King William the Conqueror

13.

Which non-Mesopotamian group did not attack a Mesopotamian Empire, leading to its eventual collapse?

a)

The Persians

b)

The Gutians

c)

The Medes

d)

The Hittites

e)

The Israelites

14.

What happened to the Library of Nineveh?

a)

It was sold to the Turks by Ashurbanipal

b)

It closed down after Hammurabi could not pay his late fees

c)

It was destroyed by Nabupolassar when he burned the city down

d)

Sargon made illegal copies of all the books, put them on the internet for free, and people stopped visiting

15.

How many years were there between the fall of Akkadian Empire and the Rise of the (first) Babylonian Empire?

(Question courtesy of Amber)

a)

13

b)

156

c)

666

d)

10googol

16.

Ishtar was the goddess of ____ ___ ___.

(Question courtesy of Sophie)

(a)  

17.

The saying "an eye for an eye" came from a law made by...

(Question courtesy of Zuyi)

a)

Nebuchadnezzar

b)

Kengir

c)

Ashurbanipal

d)

Hammurabi

18.

Which group wrote texts that made the Neo-Babylonians look very bad?

(Question courtesy of Wendy)

a)

The Israelites

b)

The Elamites

c)

No one. Everybody thought they were just super.

d)

The Anakinites

19.

Where was Babylon?

(Question courtesy of William)

a)

By a river, just south of modern Baghdad

b)

In the tundra, just east of modern Iqaluit

c)

In the rainforest, just north of modern Brasilia

d)

In the grasslands, just west of modern Hohhot

20.

This is a Dragon. It represented...

(Question courtesy of Julie)

a)

Adad, god of storms

b)

Ishtar, god of love and war

c)

Chernobog, god of darkness

d)

Marduk, god of creation and water

e)

Smaug, god of gold

21.

If you had a time machine, where would you visit?

(No, you cant bring guns, so don't ask!)

a)

Akkad during the time of Sargon

b)

Babylon during the time of Hammurabi

c)

Assyria during the time of Ashurbanipal

d)

Babylon during the time of Nebuchadnezzar