Question 1

How did the Assyrians rule their empire?

Accepted Answer

Assyrians divided their empire into provinces and chose officials

Question 2

Why did the Chaldeans burn Nineveh to the ground?

Accepted Answer

all the above

Answer

to get revenge

Answer

to show that they meant business

Answer

so that they could not rebuild

Question 3

Another name for the Chaldean Empire is?

Accepted Answer

New Babylonian

Question 4

How were the Chaldeans able to defeat the Assyrians?

Accepted Answer

Assyrians were fighting over who would be their next ruler

Question 5

Why was the Assyrian army so powerful?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Answer

had over 50,00 soldiers

Answer

Assyrians had iron weapons

Answer

Soldiers were well trained

Question 6

Hammurabi's Code is?

Accepted Answer

eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth

Question 7

Sumerians started off as nomads and soon became?

Accepted Answer

farmers

Question 8

What inventions did the Sumerians develop

Accepted Answer

All the above

Answer

12 month calendar

Answer

chariot

Answer

wheel

Question 9

What is polytheism?

Accepted Answer

belief in more than one god

Question 10

Most common scribes were?

Accepted Answer

upper class boys

Answer

lower class boys

Answer

anyone

Answer

upper class girls

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