Mesopotamia

Grade 6 Social StudiesChapter 6

Which ruler developed and made public an organized system of laws?

Sargon

Shamshi-Adad

Hammurabi

Hammurabi

Which ruler created the world’s first empire by conquering the Sumerian city-states?

Shamshi-Adad

Sargon

Hammurabi

Sargon

Which ruler built the Assyrian Empire into a trade and military power?

Shamshi-Adad

Hammurabi

Sargon

Shamshi-Adad

Which ruler creacted the Babylonian Empire and came to rule all of Mesopotamia?

Hammurabi

Shamshi-Adad

Sargon

Hammurabi

Who first became king by murdering the king of Kish, taking his throne, and building his own army.

Shamshi-Adad

Hammurabi

Sargon

Sargon

Who ruled the Babylonian Empire?

King Tiglath-Plesaer III

King Nebuchadnezzar

King Nabonidius

King Nebuchadnezzar

Who ruled the Assyrian Empire?

King Nebuchadnezzar

King Comerford

King Tiglath-Pleser III

King Teglath-Pileser III

__________ punished the Jews of Judah severely when they refused to pay taxes. Samshi-Adad

King Nebuchadnezzer

King Nebuchadnezzer

King Nebuchadnezzer and the Babylonians who are known for:

Rebuilding of the ziggurat

Sent the Jews who rebelled into slavery

Babylonians were known for their acheivements in astronomy and mathmatics

Facts on the Assyrians King Tiglath-Pileser

III ruled the Assyrians

Assyrians dealt with rebellion by relocating the people involved

Who ruled the ancient Sumerian city-state?

Its own leader or leaders

Mesopotamian central government

Its own leader or leaders

What was the main job of the ancient Sumerian administrators?

Keep records of all trade

Organize the system of irrigation canals

Organize the system of irrigation canals

What is polytheism?

Belief in one god

Belief in many gods

No belief in god at all

Many gods

What is Cuneiform? Writing using

pictures

Writing using wedge-shaped symbols

Wedge shaped symbols