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The Chaldeans

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the group that took over the Assyrian capital, Ninevah in 612 BC

a)

The Assyrians

b)

The Chaldeans

c)

The Persians

2.

Why did the Chaldeans call themselves Babylonian?

a)

Ninevah became the new Babylon

b)

They wanted to trick people

c)

Their ancestors were once ruled by Hammurabi, they were the New or "Neo" Babylonian Empire

3.

Babylon was at one time the world's _______ city.

a)

Richest

b)

Poorest

c)

Dirtiest

d)

Cleanest

4.

Who guarded Babylon by staying in towers built into the huge brick city walls?

a)

Rapunzel

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Archers

5.

What was in the center of Babylon?

a)

A hanging garden

b)

Mountains

c)

Palaces and temples

6.

Who did the artisans sell their pottery, cloth, and baskets to?

a)

Sailors

b)

Caravans

c)

Merchants

7.

What was the main entrance of Babylon called? All traders would enter through this gate.

a)

The Richest Gate

b)

The Blue Gate

c)

The Iron Gate

d)

The Ishtar Gate

8.

Who was the Chaldean leader who built a street near the palace for the people?

a)

Ashurbanipal

b)

Cyrus

c)

Nebuchadnezzar

d)

Zoroaster

9.

Every spring people in the Chaldean empire would watch a gold statue of the god ____ pass through the Gate of Ishtar.

a)

Amon-Re

b)

Marduk

c)

Yahweh

d)

Osiris

10.

What 7 wonder of the ancient world was built in the Chaldean empire?

a)

The Hanging Gardens

b)

The statue of Zeus

c)

The Pyramid of Giza

d)

The Gate of Ishtar

11.

Who were the Hanging Gardens built for?

a)

Nebuchadnezar

b)

Ashurbanipal

c)

Nebuchadnezzar's wife

d)

Cyrus' wife

12.

In the Chaldean Empire, people would study heavenly bodies in the night sky. What do we call people who do this?

a)

Star gazers

b)

Astronomers

c)

Astronauts

d)

Starboys

13.

What led to the decline of the Chaldean Empire

a)

They ran out of food

b)

They had trouble controlling all the people they conquered

c)

They ran out of water

14.

Who captured Babylon, the capital of the Chaldean empire?

a)

The Persians

b)

The Assyrians

c)

The Akkadians

d)

The Neo-Babylonians