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100

A ziggurat is a ________ shaped temple used to worship a city's main god.

pyramid

100

God used the Assyrians to ________ his disobedient people, the Israelites.

punish

100

The capital and leader(s) of the Akkadian Empire was:

Akkad; Sargon I

100

The Sumerians practiced polytheism, the belief in ________ gods.

many or 100s

100

The name Mesopotamia means __________.

"Land between the rivers."

200

Who were the only people who could communicate directly with the gods?

priests

200

The invention of the _________ led to the development of the __________ which served as one of the first modes of transportation.

wheel; chariot

200

The capital and leader(s) of the Babylonian Empire was:

Babylon; Hammurabi

200

Farmers, fishermen, and skilled workers were part of the ________ class.

middle
200

Ninevah had one of the first known great ________.

libraries

300

Hammurabi wrote a collection of laws known as ________.

Hammurabi's Code

300

Who united the land and was a successful military leader?

Hammurabi

300

The capital and leader(s) of the Hittite Empire was:

Hattushash; King

300
Civilization in the Fertile Crescent thrived due to the rich farmland between what two bodies of water?

Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf

300

The ___________ empire was the first known empire to be established.

Akkadian Empire

400

The largest social class in Sumer was the ________ class.

middle

400

The 12 month calendar was developed based on the cycles of the ________.

moon

400

The capital and leader(s) of the Assyrian Empire was:

Ninevah; Sargon II and Sennacherib

400

The Mesopotamian economy was based on a system of ________ for goods and services.

bartering

400

The last empire of Mesopotamia had three great leaders who succeeded the throne in this order:

Nebuchadnezzar, Nebonidus, Belshazzar

500

God sent ________ to preach to the people of Ninevah so they would repent their wicked ways.

Jonah

500

The Sumerians developed ______________ (write 3 achievements).

concept of zero, place value, number system based on 60, minute/hour, 12 month calendar, seed funnel, the wheel, the chariot, the sail, bronze, cuneiform

500

The capital and leader(s) of the Chaldean (New Babylonian) Empire was:

Babylon; Nebuchadnezzar

500

In ancient Mesopotamia, kings acted as both ________ and ________.

lawmaker and judge

500

The King in each city-state was considered __________________________ on earth. 

the god's highest representative