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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why did Hammurabi want to be king?
To treat people poorly
To be a dictator
To be a lawmaker
To treat people fairly
- 2. Multiple Choice
What city did Hammurabi rule?
Assyria
Babylon
Akkadia
Mesopotamia
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did Hammurabi write down on a stone monument?
the 10 Commandments
the city map
laws
the city policy
- 4. Multiple Choice
What were Hammurabi's laws called?
The code of Hammurabi
Hammer time
The Confederation
The Bill of Rights
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who had to obey Hammurabi's laws?
Only the people
Only the servants
Kings and noblemen
Everyone
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did Hammurabi encourage his people to learn about?
The stars and planets
The gods
The laws of other cities
nature
- 7. Multiple Choice
What did the Babylonians believe they could do to find out what the gods were doing?
Study the stars and planets
fast for 3 days
sacrifice to gods
hop on one foot
- 8. Multiple Choice
What did we get from the Babylonians that we still use today?
The calendar/ units of time
transportation
the food pyramid
Laws
- 9. Multiple Choice
What did the Babylonians call the time that it took the earth to go all the way around the sun once?
A day
A minute
A year
A week
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the Assyrian king we studied?
Sargon
Shamshi-Adad
Hammurabi
Abraham
- 11. Multiple Choice
What city did Shamshi-Adad live in?
Babylon
Mesopotamia
Assur
Ur
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the name of Shamshi-Adad's empire?
Assyria
Babylonia
Mesopotamia
Shamshadia
- 13. Multiple Choice
How did Shamshi-Adad build his empire?
With fair laws
With legos
By conquering cities with cruelty and fear
He rewarded the people who would obey him
- 14. Multiple Choice
What happened after Shamshi-Adad died?
Gilgamesh became the new ruler
Hammurabi conquered the Assyrians
His two sons split his empire
His two sons ruled together peacefully
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the fictional character that the Assyrians told stories about?
Gilligan
Gulliver
Gilgamesh
George
- 16. Multiple Choice
Shamshi-Adad wanted to ______________.
be a fair ruler
rule the whole world
become a priest
be a noble king
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the land between the two rivers?
Mesopotamia
Babylonia
Assyria
Egypt
- 18. Multiple Choice
Name the two significant rivers we studied.
Youfraidy and the tiger
The Nile and The Euphrates
The Ganges and the Tigris
The Tigris and the Euphrates
- 19. Multiple Choice
Mesopotamia was divided into ________ and _________.
Northern and Southern Mesopotamia
Eastern and Western Mesopotamia
Upper and Lower Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
- 20. Multiple Choice
The Babylonians found out there are _______ months in a year.
24
10
12
11
- 21. Multiple Choice
How many minutes are in an hour?
50
30
100
60
- 22. Multiple Choice
How many hours are in one day?
12
36
60
24
- 23. Multiple Choice
The Babylonians were ___________, meaning they worshipped many gods.
Polytheists
Monotheists
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why are Hammurabi's laws important?
They are all fair laws.
These laws are still used today.
God gave them to him.
They are the first set of written laws that we know of.
- 25. Multiple Choice
What was Hammurabi's kingdom called?
Mesopotamia
Assyria
Babylonia
Hammurabia
- 26. Multiple Choice
Assyria was located in the _________ part of Mesopotamia.
Southern
Northern
Eastern
Western
- 27. Multiple Choice
What did the people in Mesopotamia think of the Assyrians?
They thought the Assyrians were fair rulers.
They thought that they were poor warriors.
They thought they had just laws.
They were scared of the Assyrians.
- 28. Multiple Choice
A temple for false gods was called a ___________.
city-state
diaspora
Ziggurat
pyramid
- 29. Multiple Choice
The dispersion of the Jews was called _______________.
Dissection
Dispersal
Diaspora
Disappearing Act
- 30. Multiple Choice
The people in Mesopotamia lived with war all the time because the _____________ were constantly fighting with each other.
kings
armies
city-states
people
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