One who studies the stars and planets is called a what?
What is an astronomer.
100
T/F Sargon conquered all of the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world’s first empire that lasted more than 200 years.
What is true
100
Although most Sumerians were farmers, many made metal, cloth, and pottery because they were skilled as what?
What is artisans.
100
Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar.
200
A political district is defined as a...
What is a province.
200
The site of one of the world’s first libraries was found where?
What is Nineveh.
200
T/F Many Sumerians were skilled metalworkers because of the abundance of metal in Sumer.
What is false
200
The first Sumerian kings were probably what?
What is war heroes.
200
What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?
What is how to make use stronger metals for weaponry, such as iron.
300
What is a city that governs itself and its
surrounding territory?
What is a city-state.
300
Who is a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper?
Who is a scribe.
300
T/F Sumerian city-states went to war with one another in order to increase trade.
What is false
300
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.
What is middle class.
300
In 612 B.C. the Chaldeans defeated whom?
Who is the Assyrians.
400
It is relating to soldiers, arms, or war.
What is military.
400
What is Cuneiform?
What is a system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay.
400
T/F The Assyrian army numbered around 50,000 soldiers, including infantry, cavalry, and charioteers.
What is true
400
People in the same social class have similar what? (2 answers)
What is occupations and amount of wealth.
400
What is the Assyrian Empire’s capital city?
What is Nineveh.
500
What is a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top called?
What is a ziggurat.
500
What Babylonian king was best known for creating laws for his empire, which identified crimes for almost every area of life and the punishment that was to be carried out for committing those crimes.
Who is Hammurabi.
500
T/F The Fertile Crescent includes parts of the modern countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan.