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Who created the world's first empire?
a) Sargon
b) Nebuchadnezzar
c) Hammurabi
d) Cyrus the Great

Who was the Uruk king that had an epic poem written about him?
a) Sargon
b) Nebuchadnezzar
c) Gilgamesh
d) Darius I

Who was the Persian King who started the Persian Empire?
a) Darius I
b) Cyrus the Great
c) Hammurabi
d) Alexander the Great

Who built roads and standardized money in the Persian empire?
a) Cyrus the Great
b) Hammurabie
c) Sargon
d) Darius I

Who was the greatest Chaldean king?
a) Darius I
b) Nebuchadnezzar
c) Sargon
d) Hammurabi

These were pyramid-shaped temples
a) Ziggurat
b) Silt
c) Cavalry
d) Chariot

This was a long poem written about a hero.
a) Architecture
b) Monarch
c) Hammurabi's Code
d) Epic

This is the science of building.
a) Carprentry
b) Architecture
c) Ziggurat
d) Alphabet

This means in the city.
a) Rural
b) Civilization
c) Canals
d) Urban

When surplus food allows for division of labor, it means:
a) That people are more capable of hunting and gathering
b) That people can specialize at one job.
c) Domestication has halted.
d) More food needs grown.

This means the middle stoneage.
a) Iron Age
b) Neolithic Era
c) Paleolithic Era
d) Mesolithic Era

What are the two names of the major rivers of Mesopotamia?
a) Tigris and Euphrates
b) Euphrates and Nile
c) Mississippi and and Tigris
d) Snake River and Deep Creek

The Hittites made which of the following weapon advancements?
a) Stone Arrows
b) Fire
c) Iron Weapons
d) Spears

Hammurabi's Code was:
a) A written set of game rules.
b) A code of laws dispersed throughout the kingdom
c) A secret code for the military
d) A way for people to communicate over distances.

This means you have more than what you need
a) Surplus
b) Division of Labor
c) Donation
d) Rural

This is another name for a king or queen
a) President
b) Chairman
c) Your Holy Highness
d) Monarch

This is a system of writing where a letter stands for a sound.
a) Cuneiform
b) Pictographs
c) Alphabet
d) 10 Key

An organized group that lives within boundaries.
a) Cavalry
b) Civilization
c) Irrigation
d) Division of Labor

This is one of the most important Mesopotamian inventions:
a) Tooth Paste
b) Division of Labor
c) Surplus
d) The wheel

Another word for Mesopotamia:
a) Monarch
b) Santus Civilization
c) Irrigation
d) Fertile Crescent

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