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Title: Mesopotamia


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Mesopotamia
  • Grade 6
  • Social Studies
  • Chapter 6

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Which ruler developed and made public an
organized system of laws?
  • Sargon
  • Shamshi-Adad
  • Hammurabi

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Hammurabi
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Which ruler created the worlds first empire by
conquering the Sumerian city-states?
  • Shamshi-Adad
  • Sargon
  • Hammurabi

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Sargon
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Which ruler built the Assyrian Empire into a
trade and military power?
  • Shamshi-Adad
  • Hammurabi
  • Sargon

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Shamshi-Adad
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Which ruler creacted the Babylonian Empire and
came to rule all of Mesopotamia?
  • Hammurabi
  • Shamshi-Adad
  • Sargon

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Hammurabi
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Who first became king by murdering the king of
Kish, taking his throne, and building his own
army.
  • Shamshi-Adad
  • Hammurabi
  • Sargon

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Sargon
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Who ruled the Babylonian Empire?
  • King Tiglath-Plesaer III
  • King Nebuchadnezzar
  • King Nabonidius

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King Nebuchadnezzar
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Who ruled the Assyrian Empire?
  • King Nebuchadnezzar
  • King Comerford
  • King Tiglath-Pleser III

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King Teglath-Pileser III
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__________ punished the Jews of Judah severely
when they refused to pay taxes.
  • Samshi-Adad
  • King Nebuchadnezzer

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King Nebuchadnezzer
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King Nebuchadnezzer and the Babylonians who are
known for
  • Rebuilding of the ziggurat
  • Sent the Jews who rebelled into slavery
  • Babylonians were known for their acheivements in
    astronomy and mathmatics

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Facts on the Assyrians
  • King Tiglath-Pileser III ruled the Assyrians
  • Assyrians dealt with rebellion by relocating the
    people involved

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Who ruled the ancient Sumerian city-state?
  • Its own leader or leaders
  • Mesopotamian central government

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Its own leader or leaders
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What was the main job of the ancient Sumerian
administrators?
  • Keep records of all trade
  • Organize the system of irrigation canals

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Organize the system of irrigation canals
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What is polytheism?
  • Belief in one god
  • Belief in many gods
  • No belief in god at all

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Many gods
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What is Cuneiform?
  • Writing using pictures
  • Writing using wedge-shaped symbols

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Wedge shaped symbols
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