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Grade 6 Mesopotamia
Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar both
  1. built beautiful palaces.
  2. used chariots in battle.
  3. captured Phoenicia.
  4. built up Babylon.
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
Supply water to their crops.
  1. surplus
  2. Irrigate
  3. crops
  4. barter
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
A state containing several countries or territories.
  1. Local
  2. Empire
  3. City-State
  4. State
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
What happened to the Sumerians?
  1. They disappeared for reasons still unknown.
  2. They were conquered and became part of a larger empire.
  3. They migrated to Mesopotamia.
  4. They migrated to Egypt.
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
Who was the first "superhero" in Ancient Sumer?
  1. Hammurabi
  2. Superman
  3. Gilgamesh
  4. Sargon
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
Nineveh was the capital of which empire?
  1. Chaldean
  2. Babylonian
  3. Assyrian
  4. Akkadian
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
Which of the following is the correct order for the four major empires of Mesopotamia?
  1. Chaldean, Babylonian, Assyrian, Akkadian
  2. Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Chaldean
  3. Assyrian, Chaldean, Babylonian, Akkadian
  4. Babylonian, Assyrian, Akkadian,Chaldean
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
What were the names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
  1. White Nile and Blue Nile
  2. Tigris and Euphrates
  3. Rhine and Seine
  4. Ganges and Yangtze
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
What was the world's first empire?
  1. Assyrian
  2. Akkadian
  3. Phoenician
  4. Indian
Grade 6 Mesopotamia

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The development of agriculture meant that
  1. early people had to become nomads.
  2. there was no longer a need for water.
  3. crops could be grown in the tundra.
  4. people had a reliable food source.
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
Source: The Code of Hammurabi. The stated goal for his code of laws.
 
“to render good to the people, to make justice shine in the land, to destroy the evil and the wicked, that the strong do not oppress the weak.”

Which of the following did Hammurabi want his code of laws to do for his society?
  1. keep the priest and kings at the top of class system
  2. allow for the sale of slaves
  3. To create a good, fair, and just society
  4. To punish thieves, allow strong empires to conquer weak empires, preserve the kings powe
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
Who were the rivals of the ancient Sumerians?
  1. The ancient Greeks
  2. The ancient Babylonians
  3. The ancient Romans
  4. The ancient Egyptians
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
The first WORLD Empire was:
  1. Babylon Empire
  2. Assyrian Empire
  3. Akkadian Empire
  4. Hittites Empire
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
Which is the best explanation for why Mesopotamians built canals?
  1. They needed a way to control the surplus
  2. They needed a way to control low water levels.
  3. They needed a way to control the river's flow.
  4. They needed a way to control flooding.
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
What shape did a ziggarat resemble?
  1. Trump Tower
  2. flattened pyramid
  3. pointed pyramid
  4. square
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