Chapter 4, Lesson 2 Worksheet
NAME:___________
Part 1: Terms and Names
1. The practice of forcing people to move from their homeland to another place far away is
known as
a. Dictatorship
c. Exile
b. Empire
d. Migration
2. An example of exile was when the Chaldeans
a. Held Hebrews captive in Babylon for 50 years
b. Seized the city of Jerusalem from the Hebrews
c. Burned the city of Nineveh to the ground
d. Joined with the Medes to defeat the Assyrians
3. The money that a conquered people is forced to pay to there conquerors in return for
protection is called
a. Interest
c. Taxes
b. Ransom
d. Tribute
4. The purpose of tribute was to
a. Praise the gods for a bountiful harvest
b. Bring money and goods into an empire’s treasury
c. Punish a people within an empire for trying to rebel
d. Please the gods so that they would protect the empire
5. The Assyrian Empire was taken over by
a. Medes and Chaldeans
b. Persians and Medes
c. Chaldeans and Babylonians
d. Medes and Babylonians
6. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were
a. A productive farming region in the Fertile Crescent
b. The place where the Assyrians executed prisoners
c. An artificial mountain covered with plants and trees
d. The site of a battle that ended the Chaldean Empire