Unit 2-5 Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires

The Assyrian kings believed that "terror and might" were important aspects of their success as an empire.

• True

• False

A collection of separate cultures under one government is called...

• an empire

• a nation

• a country

• a city-state

The Assyrians conquered which of the following regions?

• Iran

• Egypt

• Greece

• Arabia

Why were the Hanging Gardens supposedly built?

• food for the city of Babylon

• for the king's homesick wife

• as a nice place for the royal servants

• to show off wealth

No ruins have been found to verify the existence of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

• True

• False

The curve of the land reaching from the Persian Gulf to Phoenicia through Mesopotamia is referred to as...

• the Nile Delta

• the Indus Valley

• the Fertile Crescent

• the Huang He Valley

Iron contributed to the ending of the city-states and made possible the empires of Mesopotamia?

• True

• False

The term "neo" means new.

• True

• False

Money paid by weaker nation to a stronger nation, for peace

• Tax
• Tithe
• Tribute

Capital of the Assyrian Empire was

• Sumer
• Babylon
• Nineveh