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Chapter 4 Lesson 2
Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Around 2340 B.C., Who created the first empire | Sargon |
| Hammurabi's law code influenced later law codes, including those of Greek and Rome. | 2nd True |
| Assyrians Kings divided their empire in political districts called... | Provinces |
| One of the key factors in the success of the Assyrian army was the use of what weapons. | iron |
| Which of the following strongly influenced the Assyrians? | The Babylonians |
| A group called the Amorites conquered the Assyrians empire. | 6th False |
| What was the capital of the Assyrian empire? | Nineveh |
| Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? | Nebuchadnezzar |
| Which of the following statement is true. | Babylonian artisans sold goods to passing caravans. |
| In 539 B.C., the Egyptians conquered Babylon | 10th false |
| province. | a political district |
| Astronomer. | one who studies stars and planets |
| Nineveh. | The Assyrian Empire's capital city |
| Nebuchadnezzar. | Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon |
| caravan. | A group of traveling merchants |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon. | one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. |
| Who did the Chaldeans defeat in 612 B.C.? | The Assyrians. |
| The Persians. | The mountain people that captured Babylon in 539 B.C. |
| The formation of social classes was in important step in development of civilizations. | 1st TRUE |
| The flooded rivers of Mesopotamia carried small particles of rich soil called... | Silt |
| which of the following statement is true? | An artisan specialized in making goods. |
| In Mesopotamia, a city-state relied on crops from other regions. | 4th False |
| In Sumerian city-states, people worshiped their gods in a temple called a ziggurat | Ziggurat |
| A Sumerian farmer was a member of the lower class | 6th False |
| Women had few civil rights in Sumerian society. | 7th true |
| Which of the following did Sumerians use to write cuneiform? | Reeds |
| Which of the following statements is true about the Epic of Gilgamesh? | it is the world's oldest known story. |
| Sumerians invented what? | the wheel |
| The Fertile Crescent include parts of the modern countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. | TRUE 1st |
| Sumerian city-states went to war with one another to increase trade. | FALSE 2nd |
| Many Sumerians were skilled metal workers because of their abundance of metal in Sumer. | FALSE 3rd |
| Sargon conquered all of the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world first empire that lasted more than 200 years | TRUE 4th |
| The Assyrian army numbered around 50,000 soldiers, including infantry, calvary, and charioteers. | TRUE 5th |
| Which group rebelled against the Assyrians? | Chaldeans. |
| The first Sumerian kings were probably (blank) | War Heros |
| Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life? | Hammurabi - 282 laws "an eye for an eye" |
| Who made up the Sumerian middle class? | Artisans, Merchants, Farmers, and Fishers. |
| During the summer in Mesopotamia. | Water was SCARCE |
| Scribe | A person who writes/keeps written records of Mesopotamia (Cuneiform) |
| Assyrians | First large army to use iron weapons |
| Nineveh | Site of the word's first libraries |
| Gilgamesh | hero of an epic who travels the world performing the great deeds |
| Ziggurat | a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top. |
| Astronomers | people who study heavenly bodies. |
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