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Mesopotamia Test Review

Quiz by Bob Roszell

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33 questions
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  • Q1
    The Assyrian army numbered how many soldiers , including the infantry, cavalry, and charioteers?
    35,000
    100,000
    50,000
    75,000
    30s
  • Q2
    The Fertile Crescent includes parts of what modern countries?
    Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan.
    Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria
    France, England, Germany, Spain
    Iran, Syria, Israel, Jordan
    30s
  • Q3
    Who conquered all of the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world's first empire that lasted 200 years.
    Nebuchadnezzar
    Sargon
    Gilgamesh
    Hammurabi
    30s
  • Q4
    Why did Sumerian city-states go to war with one another?
    to increase trade
    to increase population
    to increase farming area
    to increase the size of their empire
    30s
  • Q5
    Who was a hero of an epic who travels the world performing great deeds?
    Hammarabi
    Gilgamesh
    Sargon
    Nebuchadnezzar
    30s
  • Q6
    What is a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top?
    shrine
    church
    ziggurat
    palace
    30s
  • Q7
    Nineveh was the site of one of the first
    temples
    libraries
    palaces
    hanging gardens
    30s
  • Q8
    People who study the heavenly bodies is called a
    warriors
    artisans
    astronomers
    priests
    30s
  • Q9
    Who were the first large army to use iron weapons?
    Chaldeans
    Sumerians
    Babylonians
    Assyrians
    30s
  • Q10
    Which group rebelled against the Assyrians?
    Babylonians
    Hitties
    Chaldeans
    Sumerians
    30s
  • Q11
    Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
    Sargon
    Gilgamesh
    Nebuchadnezzar
    Hammurabi
    30s
  • Q12
    During the summer what was scarce in Mesopotamia?
    water
    food
    iron
    people
    30s
  • Q13
    The first Sumerian kings were probably
    farmers.
    scribes.
    war heroes.
    artisans.
    30s
  • Q14
    Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers make up this group.
    middle class
    upper class
    business class
    lower class
    30s
  • Q15
    a form of writing developed by the people of sumer
    cursive
    cuneiform
    calligraphy
    pictographs
    30s

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