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Chapter 2 Lesson 4
Study! Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A political district. | Province |
| One who studies the stars and planets. | Astronomer |
| The Assyrian Empire's Capital city. | Nineveh |
| Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon. | Nebuchadnezzar |
| A group of traveling merchants. | Caravan |
| One of the seven wonders of the ancient world. | Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| Who did the Chaldean's defeat in 612 B.C | The Assyrians |
| The mountain people that captured Babylon in 539 B.Cxz | The Persians... |
| The Fertile Crescent includes parts of the modern countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Isreal and Jordan | True |
| Sumerian city-states went to war with one another to increase trade | False |
| Many Sumerians were skilled metalworkers because of their abundance of metal in Sumer | False |
| Sargon conquered all of the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world's first empire that lasted more than 200 years | True |
| The Assyrian army numbered around 50,000 soldiers, including infantry, cavalry, and charioteers | True |
| Which group rebelled against the Assyrians? | Chaldeans |
| The first Sumerian kings were probably | war heroes |
| Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life? | Hammurabi - 282 laws "an eye of an eye" |
| Who made up the Sumerian middle class? | artisans, merchants, farmers and fishers |
| During the summer in Mesopotamia | water was SCARCE |
| a person who writes/keeps written records in Mesopotamia (cuneiform) | scribe |
| first large army to use iron weapons | Assyrians |
| site of one of the world's first libraries | Nineveh |
| hero of an epic who travels the world performing great deeds | Gilgamesh |
| a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top | ziggurat |
| people who study heavenly bodies | astronomers |
| The formation of social classes was an important step in the development of civilizations. | TRUE |
| The flooded rivers of Mesopotamia carried small particles of rich soil called | silt |
| An artisan specialized in making goods. | True |
| In Mesopotamia, a city-state relied on crops from other regions. | FALSE |
| In Sumerian city-states, people worshipped their gods in a temple called a | ziggurat |
| A Sumerian farmer was a member of the lower class. | FALSE |
| Women had few civil rights in Sumerian society. | 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 | The Wheel. |
| Around 2340 B.C., ______ created the world's first empire. | Sargon |
| Hammurabi's law code influenced later law codes, including those of Greece and Rome. | True |
| Assyrian kings divided their empire into political districts called | provinces |
| One of the key factors in the success of the Assyrian army was their use of ______ weapons. | iron |
| Which of the following strongly influenced the Assyrians? | the Babylonians |
| A group called the Amorites conquered the Assyrians. | False |
| What was the capital of the Assyrian Empire? | Nineveh |
| Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? | Nebuchadnezzar |
| Which of the following statements is true? | Babylonian artisans sold goods to passing caravans. |
| In 539 B.C., the Egyptians conquered Babylon. | FALSE |