Ch. 4 Test

Sumerian city-states went to war with one another to increase trade.

• True

• False

The Assyrian army numbered around 50,000 soldiers, including infantry, cavalry and charioteers.

• True

• False

Many Sumerians were skilled metalworkers because of the abundance of metal in Sumer.

• True

• False

Where was one of the world's first libraries?

• Akkad

• West Palm Beach

• Cape Town

• Nineveh

Which group rebelled against the Assyrians?

• Babylonians

• Chaldeans

• Sumerians

• Hittites

First Sumerian kings were most likely..

• artisans

• farmers

• war heroes

• scribes

During the summer in Mesopotamia,

• melting snow led to flooding

• snow sometimes fell

• water was scarce

• high humidity kept people indoors

Sumerian artisans, farmers, merchants made up this group..

• lower class

• business class

• middle class

• upper class

_________ wrote the legal code that covered most areas of daily life in Mesopotamia.

• Gilgamesh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Nineveh

• Hammurabi

First large army to use iron weapons

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

• Floridians

• Americans