Name-_________________________________________________________ (2 pts)
Fertile Crescent: Section 2 Open Note Quiz
Block - ______ (1 pt)
(25 pts)
Part I: Matching Fill in the blanks with the correct term given below. (9 pts)
Babylon
bazaar
code
empire
Hammurabi
monotheism
polytheism
Sumer
Sargon
1. ____________________________ the belief in one god
2. ____________________________ an organized list of laws and rules
3. ____________________________ many territories and peoples controlled by one government & one
leader
4. ____________________________ a market selling different kinds of goods
5. ____________________________ the King of Babylon from 1792-1750 B.C.; creator of the
Babylonian Empire
6. ____________________________ a region in Southwest Asia; site of the first civilizations
7. ____________________________ the belief in many gods
8. ____________________________ the capital of Babylonia; a city of great wealth and luxury
9. ____________________________ King of the city-states of Akkad; united the city-states of Sumer
into the first empire of that region
Part II: Multiple Choice Write the CAPITAL LETTER for the choice that correctly completes the
sentence. (6 pts)
______ 1. Civilization developed in Mesopotamia because …
A.
the Nile River made it a
prosperous area.
B. it was an important mining area.
C. the area was difficult to defend.
D. the rivers created very rich farmland.
______ 2. Mesopotamia was located on land between …
A. the Nile and Trigris Rivers.
B. the Red Sea and the Tigris River.
C. the Nile and Euphrates Rivers.
D. the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
______3. Babylon became an important center of trade because it was …
A. ruled by a powerful queen.
B. surrounded by massive walls.
C. located between cities to the north and south.
D. the site of a great library.
______ 4. In 612 B.C., the Medes and Chaldeans joined forces to …
A. build the city of Nineveh.
B. destroy the Assyrian Empire
C. found the overland trade route to Asia.
D. conquer Mari.
______ 5. Hammurabi’s Code was significant because …
A. the laws applied equally to all
citizens.
B. it was handwritten.
C. it was illustrated.
D. only slaves were required to follow the laws.
______ 6. King Nebuchadnezzar II’s New Babylonian Empire was attacked and defeated in 539 B.C. by …
A. the Chaldeans.
B. the Persians.
C. Hammurabi’s army.
D. the Egyptians.
Part III: Vocabulary Fill in the blanks to finish the letter. Use the key terms listed below. (7 pts)
Asia Minor
attack
bazaar
caravan
empire
Hammurabi
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Persian Gulf
Sargon
Dear Gilda,
I am having a great time in Mesopotamia! I have seen so many interesting sites. Of course, one
cannot visit Mesopotamia without seeing a __________________________, a festive marketplace selling
many different kinds of goods. I arrived in the city-state of Ur yesterday after a 5 day journey with a
_____________________________. Those traveling salesmen know how to sleep while riding upon a
donkey! We all dropped to our knees when ___________________________, the powerful Chaldean ruler
who plans to rebuild the city of Babylon, arrived on a magnificent white horse. He attacked the city of
Babylon in 612 B.C. and his empire stretches from the Nile River to the ______________________________.
He must have heard of the success that ______________________________________ had in 1750 B. C. when
he reunited the city-states of Sumer after the death of Sargon II. That Babylonian leader conquered all
the land from _________________________________ (current-day Turkey) to the Persian Gulf. It seems that
one of the best ways to obtain land is wait until city-states have weakened themselves by fighting with
each other, leaving the area open for _____________________________. Yikes! I think I hear the
Persians. I better GO!
Your friend,
Bertha