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WorksheetsTest: W.H. Unit 2, Lesson 7
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 46mins
What was a problem caused by Sumerian city-states’ independence from one another?
They were unable to trade crops with one another.
They did not cooperate to build irrigation systems.
They had very few different natural resources available.
They could not defend themselves against stronger groups.
The Sumerians were a civilization but not an empire. What feature did the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that the Sumerians lacked?
One government ruled several groups.
Rulers claimed to get power from the gods.
Many beautiful works of art were produced.
Public works such as irrigation were organized.
Which of these leaders of empires came first?
Cyrus
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
How did the Akkadians get the resources to build up their capital city?
mined precious stones in the mountains
collected tribute from conquered peoples
expanded irrigation to grow bigger crops
printed paper money to buy what it needed
The Akkadians used steles to
attack enemy forces.
get water for farming.
record important events.
make objects from metal.
Which of these did the Akkadians use to gain power over Sumer?
military strategy
economic wealth
religious teachings
complex technology
For what is Hammurabi best remembered?
a code of laws
a style of bale
a hanging garden
a system of canals
How was the legal system of Babylon more advanced than that of other societies at that time?
It put an end to slavery.
It used mild punishments.
It gave women some rights.
It treated all classes the same.
What is the best title for this diagram?
Babylonian Arts
Babylonian Trade
Babylonian Products
Babylonian Inventions
Which city was the capital of the Assyrian Empire?
Ur
Agad
Babylon
Nineveh
What was the purpose of Assyrian aqueducts?
to bring water to the city
to raise crops in the dry soil
to let boats pass between rivers
to protect the palace from attack
The Assyrians use the things on this list mainly to
collect taxes
train soldiers
destroy crops
conquer cities
Who conquered the land of the Israelites and took many Israelites to Babylon as captives?
Sargon
Marduk
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Why did Nebuchadnezzar build two walls, some towers, and a moat around his capital?
to make farmers stay outside
to protect the city from attacks
to keep his army from revolting
to isolate his people from outsiders
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a wonder of the ancient world. Where were they planted?
high on the royal palace
along the irrigation canals
in the Tigris River marshes
in front of the imperial prison
A problem that all four Mesopotamian empires had was difficulty in
choosing strong leaders
trading with other empires
controlling such a large area
keeping track of their history
Use the timeline and your knowledge of history to fill in the blanks. “After having been part of a larger empire, the city-states of Mesopotamia may have once again had a period of independence, during approximately the years ____________ to ____________.”
2125–2000 B.C.E.
2500–2400 B.C.E.
1900–1800 B.C.E.
2300–2200 B.C.E.
Use the timeline and your knowledge of history to fill in the blanks. A group called the Hittites ruled much of Mesopotamia off and on between 1600 and 1100 B.C.E. The periods of Hittite rule fell between the height of the ____________ and ____________ Empires as shown on the timeline.
Egyptian and Assyrian
Babylonian and Persian
Sumerian and Akkadian
Neo-Babylonian and Sumerian
Use the timeline and your knowledge of history to fill in the blanks. One battle in a specific year on the timeline marked the end of one empire and the beginning of another. The loser of that battle was the ____________ Empire, and the winner was the ____________ Empire.
Roman; Byzantine
Ottoman; Byzantine
Persian; Greek
Assyrian; Neo-Babylonian
Which of these was the world’s first empire, which stretched across Mesopotamia?
Babylonian
Akkadian
Neo-Babylonian
Assyrian
