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Empire Showdown

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group created the first empire in Mesopotamia?

a)
Akkadian Empire
b)
Sumerian Kingdom
c)
Assyrian Empire
d)
Babylonian Empire
2.

Who was the leader of the Akkadian Empire?

a)
Nebuchadnezzar II
b)
Hammurabi of Babylon
c)
Ashurbanipal of Assyria
d)
Sargon of Akkad
3.

Why was Sargon an important leader?

a)

Sargon founded one of the first empires in history.

b)

Sargon was a philosopher in ancient Greece.

c)
Sargon established the first written language in Mesopotamia.
d)
Sargon was known for his military conquests in the Roman Empire.
4.

Hammurabi was the ruler of which empire?

a)
Babylonian Empire
b)
Assyrian Empire
c)
Persian Empire
d)

Akkadian Empire

5.

What was the main purpose of Hammurabi’s Code?

a)

To tell stories about the gods

b)

To train soldiers

c)

To create laws for people to follow

d)

To improve farming

6.

Which empire was known for its strong army and iron weapons?

a)
Assyrian Empire
b)
Macedonian Empire
c)
Persian Empire
d)
Babylonian Empire
7.

Who was the Assyrian king that built a large library in Nineveh?

a)
Ashurbanipal
b)
Nebuchadnezzar
c)

Hammurabi

d)

Sargon

8.

What city was the capital of the Assyrian Empire and the location of its famous library?

a)
Babylon
b)
Nineveh
c)

Uruk

d)

Akkad

9.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are most often linked to which ruler?

a)
Ashurbanipal
b)
Nebuchadnezzar II
c)
Sargon of Akkad
d)
Hammurabi
10.

Which is true about the Chaldeans and Persians?

a)

The Chaldeans built Nineveh; the Persians built the Hanging Gardens

b)
The Chaldeans invented the wheel, whereas the Persians were famous for their art.
c)

The Chaldeans built iron weapons; the Persians wrote Hammurabi’s Code

d)

The Chaldeans took over Babylon; the Persians later conquered the Chaldeans

11.

Whose empire is pictured in the map?

a)

Assyrian Empire

b)

Persian Empire

c)

Chaldean Empire

d)

Roman Empire

12.
  1. Why were the Hanging Gardens most likely built?

a)

Nebuchadnezzar wanted to please his homesick wife.

b)

To let soldiers hide from enemies.

c)

To act as a temple for worshiping Babylonian gods

d)

To provide farmland for Babylonian farmers

13.

What did Hittites make their weapons out of?

a)

Silver

b)

Iron

c)

Bronze

d)

Copper

14.

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

a)

Greece

b)

Syria

c)

Turkey

d)

Iraq

15.

Who conquered the Neo-Babylonian Empire and expanded his rule across much of the ancient world?

a)

Cyrus the Great

b)

Nebuchadnezzar II

c)

Sargon of Akkad

d)

Ashurbanipal