2.2 Assyrians and Chaldeans

The New Babylonian Empire is also called the...

• Assyrian Empire

• Akkadian Empire

• Babylonian Empire

• Chaldean Empire

Sargon the Great was the ruler of which empire?

• Assyrian Empire

• Akkadian Empire

• Sumerian Empire

• Phoenician Empire

What traits did the Code of Hammurabi share with our current legal system in the USA?

• everyone having the right to a lawyer at trial if accused of a crime

• a ban on the death penalty - no one could be killed for any crime

• a jury of average people that decide if the accused person is guilty or innocent

• a person is treated as innocent until proven guilty

Which empire did Nebuchadnezzar II rule over?

• Babylonian Empire

• Assyrian Empire

• Chaldean Empire

• Persian Empire

What did the Assyrians use to conquer Mesopotamia?

• a large navy

• a large air force

• stone axes with obsidian points

• bows and arrows

Which empire was the first Mesopotamian one to use chariots?

• Akkadians

• Assyrians

• Sumerians

• Phoenicians

What is irrigation?

• a natural water source like a stream or lake

• watering fields using human made systems

• a type of radiation used for dating ancient civilizations

• large gates on ziggurats

Ancient Mesopotamia is mostly within the borders of which modern country?

• Iran

• Saudi Arabia

• Lebanon

• Iraq

Many of the early Mesopotamians were

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

• atheistic

• animistic

For what is Ashurbanipal best known?

• building the city walls of Babylon
• constructing the Temple of Marduk
• building the tremendous library at Ninevah
• building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon