Name: ________________________
Chapter 4 Social Studies Test
1. The world’s first__________ was established by King Sargon of Akkad about 2350 B.C.
a. City-state
c. democracy
b. Code of law
d. empire
2. A person who rules an empire is a (an)______________.
a. Emperor
c. king
b. High priest
d. pharaoh
3. The area of rich soil and water that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea top the
Persian Gulf is called_______________________.
a. The Babylonian Empire
b. The Fertile Crescent
c. Mesopotamia
d. Southwest Asia
4. In 1792 B.C. a powerful king named____________ began a long and successful rule of
the Babylonian Empire.
a. Amorite
c. Hammurabi
b. Babylon
d. Sargon
5. Hammurabi’s Code was mainly intended to bring_____________ to people living in the
Babylonian Empire.
a. education
c. obedience
b. justice
d. punishment
6. A __________________ is a written set of rules that people are required to obey.
a. Code of laws
b. Criminal justice system
c. Rule of law
d. System of justice
7. Hammurabi created a _______________________ to help him control and rule his
empire.
a. Set of courts
b. Series of texts
c. Code of law
d. Network of spies
8. The practice of forcing people to move from their homeland to another place far away
is ______________________.
a. Dictatorship
b. Empire
c. exile
d. migration
9. 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. Punish a people within an empire for trying to rebel
d. Please the gods so that they would protect the empire.
10. The money that a conquered people is forced to pay to their conquerors in return for
protection is called
a. Interest
c. taxes
b. Ransom
d. tribute
11. 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.
12. The Assyrian Empire was taken over by
a. Medes and Chaldeans.
b. Persians and Medes.
c. Chaldeans and Babylonians.
d. Medes and Babylonians.
13. 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.
14. The lands occupied by the Persians were originally ruled by_____________.
a. Babylonians
c. Medes
b. Chaldeans
d. Assyrians
15. Anatolia, which lies within modern-day _________________, was conquered by Cyrus
the Great as he created the Persian Empire in the 500s B.C.
a. Iran
c. Persia
b. Iraq
d. Turkey
16. Cyrus the Great followed a policy of __________________towards the conquered
peoples of his empire.
a. Brutality
c. exile
b. Equality
d. toleration
17. The Persian ruler Darius divided his empire into _________________ to govern it more
effectively.
a. City-states
b. Military districts
c. Provinces
d. Satraps
18. Local officials known as ______________collected taxes and carried out the Persian
emperor’s orders.
a. Governors
c. scribes
b. Satraps
d. tributes
19. The main reason that Persia’s emperor Darius used the Royal Road was to
____________________.
a. Help unite the empire
b. Move mail between distant points more quickly
c. Promote trade and business throughout the empire
d. Move troops to and from distant parts of the empire