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Chapter 4 Review
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1
What happened in Mesopotamia during the summer months?
water was scarce
melting snow caused flooding
snow sometimes fell
high humidity kept citizens inside
2
What is the name of the pyramid type structure with a temple of the top?
palace
ziggurat
Epic
Hanging garden
3
The Fertile Crescent includes parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan.
False
True
4
Why did Sumerian city-states go to war?
To protect common interests.
They fought over resources and to gain territory.
To form alliances.
They fought to increase trade.
5
Who is Gilgamesh?
The Sumerian King who established the social classes.
A hero of an epic who travels the world doing good deeds.
The Chaldean King who conquered the Assyrian army.
A person who studies heavenly bodies.
6
What is located at the highest/center point of a Sumer city-state?
Middle class homes
The town wall gates
The church
The ziggurat
7
Which group rebelled against the Assyrians?
Sumerians
Chaldeans
Babylonians
Hittites
8
Which of the following is NOT a Sumerian invention?
Pyramids
Tables for calculating multiplication & division
Cuneiform writing
The wheel
9
The Assyrian army included...
Both A and B
None of the above
Cavalry & charioteers
50,000 soldiers & infantry
10
What is King Sargon known for?
Conquering the people of Mesopotamia.
All of the above.
Creating the world's 1st empire.
Ruling for more than 200 years.
11
The first Sumerian kings were most likely...
scribes
war heroes
artisans
farmers
12
Where were the first libraries located?
In the city of Nineveh
None of the above
Inside the ziggurats
The hanging gardens of Babylon
13
Which was the first large army to use iron weapons?
Babylonians
Chaldeans
Akkadians
Assyrians
14
What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that made their army stronger?
How to use iron production to make weapons.
How to trade metal and wood for materials.
How to train their soldiers.
How to fight with slingshots and swords.
15
Who wrote the legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
Hammurabi
Nineveh
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar
16
What do you call a person who studies the stars and planets?
archeologist
Mesopotamian
scribe
astronomer
17
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the World?
king's palace
ziggurat
Hanging Gardens
wall around the city
18
In 612BC the Chaldeans defeated whom?
Hammurabi
Assyria
Nebuchadenezzar
Akkad
19
What were the homes built from in Sumer?
stone blocks
clay
wood
mud-bricks
20
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers are part of what social group?
upper class
business class
middle class
lower class
