Studies Weekly Week 7: The Akkadian Empire

What religion did the Akkadian practice?

• polytheistic

• christianity

• buddhism

• monotheistic

In the Akkadian Empire, who was often a ruler?

• strong men

• Religious leaders

• strong woman

• animals

Religious leaders were rulers, because they were thought to have power from who?

• the people

• the gods

• the animals

• the Akkadian pople

The Akkadian economy was based on __________ and _________.

• stocks and markets

• people and cars

• building and statues

• agriculture and trade

What code represents an early attempt to write laws down?

• Akkadian

• Hammurabi

• Akkad

• Gilgamesh

What type of law was NOT covered in the Code of Hammurabi?

• civil law

• land law

• criminal law

• family law

_______ set out on a quest to find a plant from a survivor of the Great Flood.

• Akkadian Empire

• Sargon of Akkad

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

We learned about Sargon of Akkad by piecing together _________ and _________.

• legends and folktales

• artifacts and cave paintings

• letters and the Code of Hammurabi

• songs and text messages

Historians had a hard time learning more about Sargon and the city of Akkad, because...

• Code of Hammurabi was destroyed

• Akkad was destroyed

• Gilgamesh was destroyed

• people wouldn't talk

Why did Gilgamesh set out on a quest to find a plant from the Great Flood?

• to obtain seeds

• to obtain more food

• to obtain immortality

• to obtain oxygen to breathe.