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1
Who was Sargon?
Ruler of the Assyrians
Ruler of the Chaldeans
Ruler of the Amorites
Ruler of the Akkadians
2
For what is Hammurabi best remembered?
a system of canals
a hanging garden
a style of battle
a code of laws
3
What is Mesopotamia?
a desert city in Tibet
a fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
a desert city in Egypt
a fertile valley between the Caucasus and Ural mountains
4
Gilgamesh's quest was to obtain...
the Holy Grail
great wealth
eternal life.
the Ark of the Covenant
5
Who was the first king of the Persians
Leonidas
Cyrus the Great
Miley Cyrus the Great
Thermopylae
6
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
irrigation
culture
church
ziggurat
7
Gilgamesh was a king
True
False
8
The epic of Gilgamesh
one of the oldest surviving stories about a demigod king
annoying
the least famous demiking
a plant that the Sumerians grow
9
What problem did all the Mesopotamian empires share?
Getting enough food to their people
pleasing the gods
trading with other empires
lack on barriers of protection
10
What geographic feature did Mesopotamia develop around?
Rocky Mountains
two rivers
important cities
the Atlantic Ocean
11
Hammurabi was the ruler of
Egypt
Babylon
The Fertile Crescent
Persia
12
Why were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon supposedly built?
An engagement gift from a king to his future queen
A gift for the king's wife
As a tourist destination
A monument to Ninurta, the god of farmers
13
The prophet Zoroaster taught that ___________.
There are many gods who are responsible for nature.
Manners and respect can change society.
There is only one God, and he intervenes in human affairs.
The world is a fight between good and evil.
14
Mesopotamia means
Land of Fertile Soil
Land of Many Gods
Land Between Two Rivers
Land Under the Mountains
15
Where was the ancient land known as Mesopotamia?
southwest Asia
central Africa
northwestern United States
Eastern Australia
16
Mesopotamia is known as the
World's inventors of Pudding
World's First Civilization
World's First Humans
World's First Religion
17
Mesopotamia is located in what modern country?
Egypt
Yemen
Ethiopia
Iraq
18
Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?
arches
swords
cuneiform
wheels
19
Which of the following groups is considered to be the first civilization?
Akkadians
Assyrians
Babylonians
Sumerians
20
A large territory with several groups ruled by one leader
city-state
Babylon
Sumer
empire
21
Writing with wedge-shaped characters
codes of law
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
pictograph
22
The Phoecians were wonderful traders, what did they develp to help their business?
pyramids
irrigation
pictograms
alphabet
23
Zoroaster was?
Mesopotamian
Persian
Greek
Egyptian
24
What was located at the top of a ziggurat?
the god's temple
schools
gardens
the king's house
25
Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?
to write down the laws
to teach the royal children
to entertain the rulers
to collect people's taxes
26
Zoroaster is the prophet for which religion?
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
27
Where was the ancient land known as Mesopotamia?
Eastern Australia
central Africa
southwest Asia
northwestern United States
28
Sargon the great created the worlds first ________.
Employee
Walmart
Gatorade
Empire
29
Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?
there were beautiful forests
it was close to the beach
the soil was good for crops
diamonds were plentiful in the foothills
30
Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Cleopatra
Aliens
Cyrus The Great
King Nebuchadnezzar II
31
Why did Hammurabi want to be king?
He wanted more slaves
He wanted to have the biggest kingdom
So people would be treated fairly
So people had to share with him
32
The two rivers in Mesopotamia are the:
Tigris and the Nile
Nile and the Euphrates
Mississippi and the Amazon
Euphrates and the Tigris
33
Which of these leaders of empires came first?
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
Hammurabi
Cyrus
34
Which king ruled the Babylonian empire?
Nebuchadnezzar
Alexander the Great
Sargon
Hammurabi
35
Mesopotamia is current day...
South America
Iran
Korea
Iraq
36
A person who writes
merchant
farmer
artisan
scribe
37
How many laws did Hammurabi create?
256
282
150
435
38
What change began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 BCE?
hunting
farming
trading
building
39
What did Mesopotamians use to construct buildings?
stone
concrete
mud
silt
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Epic of Gilgamesh belongs to
Sumerians
Akkadians
Assyrians
Babylonians
