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Mesopotamia

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two rivers is Babylonia located between?

a)

Nile and Amazon

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Mississippi and Missouri

d)

Thames and Rio Grande

2.

Where is Babylonia located?

a)

Syria

b)

Iran

c)

Iraq

d)

Lebanon

3.

The Babylonians were polytheistic.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Who was the Babylonian leader?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

King Tut

c)

Sekhmet

d)

Alexander the Great

5.

There were four social classes in Babylonia.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What did most of the Babylonian's money come from?

a)

Playing Sports

b)

Fishing

c)

Farming

d)

Trade

7.

Select all the answers!

a)

ok

b)

k

c)

got it

d)

alright

8.

What was the law system the Babylonians created?

a)

Hammurabi's code

b)

Lipit-Ishtar law code

c)

The Cuneiform law code

9.

Which deserts border Babylonia?

a)

Sahara and Great Victorian

b)

Syrian and Arabian

c)

Antarctica and Antarctica

10.

Babylonia is mostly flat land.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What did Hittites make their weapons out of?

a)

Silver

b)

Iron

c)

Bronze

d)

Orichalcum

12.

Who took over Babylon FIRST after the fighting was over?

a)

Sumer

b)

Akkad

c)

The Hittites

d)

Kish

13.

The Hittite Empire was located in what is modern day _________________.

a)

Greece

b)

Syria

c)

Turkey

d)

Iraq

14.

What is this?

a)

A Kassite

b)

A chariot

c)

A ziggurat

d)

Iron

15.

Where was the center of the Assyrian Empire?

a)

Egypt

b)

Israel

c)

Northern Mesopotamia

d)

Southern Mesopotamia

16.

What other empire did the Assyrians battle throughout much of ancient history for control of Mesopotamia and the Middle East?

a)

Sumerians

b)

Persians

c)

Egyptians

d)

Babylonians

17.

Who was the first king of the Assyrians to create an empire after the Akkadian Empire fell apart?

a)

Sargon II

b)

Shamshi-Adad

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Tiglath Pileser I

18.

When the Assyrian Empire was at its peak, what lands did it control? (more than 1 answer)

a)

Cyprus

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Israel

19.

Around what year did the last of the Assyrian Empires fall to the Babylonians?

a)

2100 BC

b)

1074 BC

c)

740 BC

d)

612 BC

20.

What Assyrian city held a famous library of thousands of clay tablets?

a)

Babylon

b)

Niveneh

c)

Ashur

d)

Nimrud

21.

What were the Assyrians most known for?

a)

Their fearsome army and warriors

b)

Their poetry

c)

Their art and painting

d)

Their peaceful rule of the lands they conquered

22.

What metal did the Assyrians use to make their weapons, chariots, and tools strong?

a)

Bronze

b)

Gold

c)

Iron

d)

Steel

23.

Who was the last great King of the Assyrians?

a)

Shamshi-Adad

b)

Tiglath-Pileser III

c)

Sargon II

d)

Ashurbanipal

24.

Who was the main god of the Assyrians?

a)

Ashur

b)

Nimrud

c)

Shamash

d)

Marduk

25.
The Chaldeans of Babylon were the first people to....
a)
make a monarchy
b)
follow a seven day week
c)
use weapons made of iron
d)
believe in several gods
26.
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? 
a)
ziggurat
b)
irrigation fields
c)
the rivers
d)
Hanging Gardens
27.
What was the capital of Chaldean Empire?
a)
Jericho
b)
Mesopotamia 
c)
Tirgris
d)
Babylon 
28.
In 612 B.C. the Chaldeans defeated whom? 
a)
Sargon
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Assyrians
d)
Persians
29.

Who was the "great" founder of the Persian Empire?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius I

c)

Xerces

d)

Darius III

30.

Who tried and failed to conquer the Greeks?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius I

c)

Xerces

d)

Darius III

31.

Who commissioned the creation of the Royal Road through Persia?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius I

c)

Xerces

d)

Darius III

32.

Who is known as the "King who lost an Empire"?

a)

Cyrus

b)

Darius I

c)

Xerces

d)

Darius III

33.

What modern day country was NOT apart of the Persian Empire?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Iran

c)

Egypt

d)

Saudia Arabia

34.

What type of religion is Zoroastrianism?

a)

Monotheistic (belief in one god)

b)

Polytheistic (belief in many gods)

c)

Belief in the legendary Zoro

d)

Belief in Jesus Christ

35.

Which is NOT a contribution of the Persian Empire?

a)

System of government

b)

Zoroastrianism

c)

Royal Road

d)

System of aqueducts

36.

True or False: The Persians’ Cuneiform is one of the world’s five original written languages

a)

True

b)

False

37.

True or False: Cyrus the Great commissioned the building of the Royal Road

a)

True

b)

False

38.

True or False: The Persian Empire was defeated by the Han Dynasty

a)

True

b)

False

39.

True or False: Cyrus was responsible for the beginnings of the Persian Empire because he united all the tribes in the area.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

True or False: Zoroastrianism contains many idols that the Persians had to go and worship.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Which was one of the capitals of the Persian Empire?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Constantinople

c)

Rome

d)

Persepolis

42.

What Persian building was made up of hundreds of 20 meter high columns?

a)

Hall of Mirrors

b)

Hall of 100 Columns

c)

Gate of all Nations

d)

The Parthenon

43.

What land did the Persian Empire span across?

a)

Europe

b)

NW Africa

c)

SW Asia

d)

Mediterranean Sea

44.

Which of these inventions were made by the Phoenicians?

a)

Paper

b)

The Alphabet

c)

The Guitar

d)

Iron

45.

What color dye is most closely associated with the Phoenicians?

a)

Red

b)

Green

c)

Blue

d)

Purple

46.

True or False: The Phoenicians were a society centered around warfare

a)

True

b)

False

47.

The Phoenicians' main cities are located in modern day...

a)

Greece

b)

Lebanon

c)

Iraq

d)

England

48.

The main source of income/money for Phoenicians was...

a)

Agriulture

b)

War

c)

Trading

d)

Religion

49.

Similar to the Greeks, the Phoenicians civilization consisted of loosely associated....

a)

Kingdoms

b)

City-States

c)

Counties

d)

Armies

50.

The most famous city created by the Phoenicians was...

a)

Rome

b)

Carthage

c)

Jerusalem

d)

New York

51.

True or False: Our modern use of numbers were invented by Phoenicians

a)

True

b)

False

52.

True or False: The Phoenicians pioneered the use of glassmaking

a)

True

b)

False

53.

Which civilization came first? The Greeks, or the Phoenicians?

a)

The Greeks

b)

The Phoenicians

54.

The Phoenicians invented and pioneered the use of the chariot on the battlefield.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

To create the most famous dye of the Phoenicians from Tyre, these animals were crushed up by the thousands.

a)

Beetles

b)

Worms

c)

Snails

d)

Fish

56.
Early accounts of the Hebrew people recorded by scribes eventually became ___.
a)
The Christian Bible
b)
The Hebrew Bible
c)
The 10 Commandments
d)
The Scrolls
57.
What is the name of the Hebrew religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Judaism
d)
Hinduism
58.
Who do the Hebrews trace their ancestry to?
a)
Abraham
b)
Moses
c)
Pharaoh
d)
Aaron
59.
Abraham is originally from ____ and God told him to move ____.
a)
Mesopotamia; east
b)
Canaan; west
c)
Canaan; east
d)
Mesopotamia; west
60.
Abraham settles in ____, but after a while the Hebrews have to move to Egypt because of a _____.
a)
Canaan; famine
b)
Mesopotamia; flood
c)
Egypt; famine
d)
Canaan; war
61.
While living in Egypt, the Hebrews' population increases and this begins to worry pharaoh. In order to prevent them from gaining too much power, he ___ them.
a)
kills
b)
worships
c)
enslaves
d)
feeds
62.
Who does God call to lead the Hebrews from Egypt to freedom?
a)
Abraham
b)
Moses
c)
Pharaoh
d)
Hebrews
63.
When Moses first speaks to Pharaoh he ____, but then after a series of ____, he changes his mind.
a)

refuses; wars

b)
agrees; famines
c)
agrees; conversations
d)
refuses; plagues
64.
The mass movement of Hebrews leaving Egypt is called the ____.
a)
Exodus
b)
Leaving
c)
Exit
d)
Move
65.
During their wandering, they began to complain & gripe to Moses. God then gives Moses the ____ to govern his chosen.
a)
Ten Commandments
b)
Ten Codes
c)
Code of Order
d)
Torah
66.

What are these?

a)

The Torah

b)

The Talmud

c)

The Dead Sea Scrolls

d)

The Ten Commandments

67.

The belief in one god is called...

a)

atheism

b)

polytheism

c)

monotheism

d)

Buddhism

68.

Who did Abraham almost sacrifice to God?

a)

his wife

b)

his son

c)

slave girl

d)

chickens

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