Lessons 8-10

Question 1

area of land between Tigris and Euphrates where earliest civilizations developed

Answer 1

Mesopotamia

Question 2

Identify Assyria on the map below

Answer 2

B

Question 3

an official sent by a government to live in a foreign city

Answer 3

consul

Question 4

Nebuchadnezzar’s gardens in Babylon

Answer 4

Hanging Gardens

Question 5

collection of stories about ancient Mesopotamia

Answer 5

Arabian Nights

Question 6

Identify the Caspian Sea on the map below.

Answer 6

A

Question 7

Assyrian city

Answer 7

Nineveh

Question 8

“For the use of readers.”

Answer 8

Assurbanipal

Question 9

to engage in noisy and lively festivities

Answer 9

revel

Question 10

chief god of Babylon; creator god of world

Answer 10

Marduk

Question 11

ornamental molding on wall near ceiling

Answer 11

cornice

Question 12

Identify the Tigris River on the map below.

Answer 12

G

Question 13

Identify the Euphrates River on the map below.

Answer 13

D

Question 14

king of the early Babylonians

Answer 14

Hammurabi

Question 15

a severe fever; usually found in tropical or subtropical locations

Answer 15

malaria

Question 16

king of later Babylonians (Chaldeans)

Answer 16

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 17

Identify Babylon on the map below.

Answer 17

F

Question 18

Identify the Persian Gulf on the map below.

Answer 18

H

Question 19

Identify Nineveh on the map below.

Answer 19

C

Question 20

Identify Babylonia on the map below

Answer 20

E

Question 21

a writing implement with sharp end to scratch writing and blut end for obliterating it

Answer 21

stylus

Question 22

Assyrian and Babylonian form of writing

Answer 22

cuneiform