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