What did King Nebuchadnezzar do?

He made Babylon the richest and largest city in the world.

Fine particles of fertile soil.

The person who created the world's first empire.

What was the main purpose of writing in Mesopotamia?

to keep a record of who paid their taxes

water transported from rivers to water plants and farms

a fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

What was Hammurabi's code?

A book of laws written and compiled by King Hammurabi

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Mesopotamia

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Chapter 3: Mesopotamia and Early Empires

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1
Who were the recorders of the Sumerian city-state
Warriors
Scribes
Teachers
King
2
Gilgmesh is the ruler of...
Uruk
Eridu
Ur
3
What civilizations did Hammurabi rule over
Egypt
India and Mesopotamia
Asia and Babylon
Mesopotamia and Babylon
4
What did King Nebuchadnezzar do?
He destroyed Babylon.
He made Babylon the richest and largest city in the world.
He made Babylon weak and easy to destroy.
He made Babylon out of unicorns and rainbows.
5
A city-state is self-governing
False
True
6
Who could not worship inside the ziggurat?
priests
kings
commoners
merchants
7
What is Silt?
deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor.
dirt
dirt and water mixed together
Fine particles of fertile soil.
8
How did Mesopotamia get water to the fields?
Aquaducts
Wind
Carrying Buckets
Irrigation
9
What type of government did Mesopotamia have?
Democracy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Communism
10
Sargon was the Emperor of what Empire?
Akkadian
Assyrian
Babylonian
New Babylonian
11
The White Temple and its Ziggurat are located in Uruk which is modern day........
Iran
Afghanistan
Iraq
Eygpt
12
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a work completed by which civilization?
Egyptian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Summerian
13
Which one did Mesopotamia not invent?
Calendar
Bow and arrow
Plow
Cuneiform
14
Who was Sargon?
Hammurabi's brother.
The person who created the world's first empire.
The person who created social hierarchy
A priest.
15
The Akkadian _________ was one of the strongest in Mesopotamia's history.
City-State
Exile
Empire
Ziggurat
16
What language is the Epic of Gilgamesh written in?
Aramaic
cuneiform
hebrew
old English
17
Main rivers of ancient Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
Amazon and Euphrates
Niger and Nile
Indus and Yellow
18
Was King Nebuchadnezzar a...
Politician from the Middle East
King of Babylonia
President of Egypt
Priest
19
What is polytheism?
A rabbi
Belief in 1 god
Belief in more than 1 god
A series of math equations to solve for a length of a triangle
20
Hammurabi's code was supposed to....
Show the citizens it is better to be feared than loved.
Establish law and order
Show the distinctions between the different social classes
Give Hammurabi the most power
21
What was the main purpose of writing in Mesopotamia?
to unify the region
to keep a record of who paid their taxes
to separate the classes even further
to communicate with the gods
22
What was the purpose for building a wall around the city-state?
to store water for irrigation
to keep people from fleeing
to protect from attack
to keep livestock in the country
23
What is irrigation?
human and animal waste dumped in main water resources
mining and digging for natural resources
water that has been trapped underground for centuries
water transported from rivers to water plants and farms
24
What is Mesopotamia?
a desert city in Tibet
a fertile valley between the Caucasus and Ural mountains
a desert city in Egypt
a fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
25
What is an aquaduct (the early empire)
A bridge
A superhero
A road
A channel for carrying water
26
Why did Nebuchadnezzar build the hanging gardens?
For his son
For his daughter
For himself
for a woman he loved
27
How many laws did Hammurabi write?
180
482
282
365
28
What civilization built the arch, dome, and ziggurat?
Indus Valley
Egyptians
Mesopotamia
Neolithic
29
What is cuneiform?
The sumerians form of writing
The Acadians form of writing
None of the above
The Egyptians form of writing
30
What was Hammurabi's code?
A book of laws sent by the god Hammurabi
A book of laws written and compiled by King Hammurabi
Hammurabi's secret language
A coat worn by the Babylonian ruler Hammurabi

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