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Sargon and Hammurabi

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As Sumer's power faded, who formed the world's first empire?

a)

Gilgamesh

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Sargon the Great

2.

How long did Sargon's empire last?

a)

100 years

b)

50 years

c)

200 years

d)

10 years

3.

Which Babylonian king conquered Amorite cities and created his own empire?

a)

Gilgamesh

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Sargon the Great

4.

What did Hammurabi accomplish as emperor?

a)

He made up a new spoken language.

b)

He destroyed the city of Babylon

c)

He made a written code of laws to govern his people with some fairness

5.

King of Akkad who formed the first empire

a)

Sargon

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Cuneiform

e)

Nebuchadnezzar

6.

The writing that the Mesopotamians developed

a)

City-State

b)

Scribbles

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Hieroglyphics

e)

Cuneiform

7.

A temple

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Sumer

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Akkad

8.

Several regions controlled by one person

a)

Tokens

b)

Empire

c)

City-State

d)

Papyrus

9.

a country made up of a city and the surrounding land

a)

Tokens

b)

Empire

c)

City-State

d)

Papyrus

10.

tame

a)

Not this answer :)

b)

artisan

c)

specialization

d)

domesticate

11.

development of different kinds of jobs

a)

polytheistic

b)

artisan

c)

specialization

d)

governmet

12.

Upper class

a)

murchants

b)

priests

c)

enslaved people

13.

middle class

a)

government officials

b)

enslaved people

c)

farmers

14.

lower class

a)

enslaved people

b)

fishers

c)

kings

15.

record keeper

a)

cuneiform

b)

scribe

c)

clay

16.

belief in many gods

a)

monotheism

b)

civilization

c)

naturism

d)

polytheism

17.

skilled workers

a)

specialization

b)

enslaved people

c)

artisan