Ancient Empires
By
Mr. Hall
Directions
This game is played like “Jeopardy”. Choose a category and
point value. After solving click on the check answer button to
see what the correct answer is. Then click on home button to
go back to game board screen. Keep score on another board.
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© Jennifer
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The world’s first empire was established by
which king in about 2350 B.C.?
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King Sargon
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The first empire was called the
_________________ Empire?
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Akkadian
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In 1792 B.C. a powerful king
named____________ began a long and
successful rule of the Babylonian Empire.
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Hammurabi
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The area of rich soil and water that
stretches from the Mediterranean Sea
to the Persian Gulf is
called_______________________.
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The Fertile Crescent
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What was the purpose of Hammurabi’s
Code of Law?
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Help control the
empire by bringing
justice and fair
treatment to all.
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Why did Hammurabi think his empire
needed a single code of law?
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He ruled many lands with many
different peoples, and he wanted
to gain control of the lands by
making his subjects feel they
were being treated fairly.
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A __________________ is a
written set of rules that people
are required to obey
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Code of Laws
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How was Assyria able build their
empire?
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Assyria had a
strong military
presence.
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Why were the Assyrians feared by their
enemies?
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The Assyrians
were harsh and
cruel.
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The practice of forcing people to move
from their homeland to another place
far away is ____________________.
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Exile
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How did Assyria control their empire?
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Appointed governors to
rule under the
emperor’s direction.
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The purpose of tribute was to _______
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Bring money and goods into
an empire’s treasury.
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The Assyrian Empire was taken over by
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Medes and Chaldeans.
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were
created
_________________________.
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To please Nebuchadnezzar’s wife.
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The lands occupied by the Persians
were originally ruled by
_____________.
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Medes
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Anatolia, which lies within modern-day
_________________, was conquered
by Cyrus the Great as he created the
Persian Empire in the 500s B.C.
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Turkey
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Cyrus the Great set up a policy of
__________________towards the
conquered peoples of his empire.
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Toleration
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Darius sent out
___________________________ to
be his
___________________________ to
be sure his satraps followed orders.
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Spies, eyes and
ears
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Darius set up a law code based on
Hammurabi’s Model. He took the idea
of minted coins from the
_______________________, of
whom Cyrus the Great conquered in
546 B.C.
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Lydians
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The main reason that Persia’s emperor
Darius used the Royal Road was to
____________________.
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Move mail between distant
points more quickly
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An area in Southwest Asia, also called
Asia Minor, within modern day Turkey
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Anatolia
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Allowing people to keep their customs
and beliefs
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Toleration
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An area of land similar to a state
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Province
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A governor of a province in the Persian
Empire
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Satrap
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A powerful Babylonian ruler who
developed a single body of laws
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Hammurabi
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