Lessons 8-11

Question 1

Identify Assyria on the map below

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Identify Babylonia on the map below

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Identify Nineveh on the map below.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Identify Babylon on the map below.

Answer 4

F

Question 5

Identify the Tigris River on the map below.

Answer 5

G

Question 6

Identify the Euphrates River on the map below.

Answer 6

D

Question 7

Identify the Persian Gulf on the map below.

Answer 7

H

Question 8

Identify the Caspian Sea on the map below.

Answer 8

A

Question 9

area of land between Tigris and Euphrates where earliest civilizations developed

Answer 9

Mesopotamia

Question 10

collection of stories about ancient Mesopotamia

Answer 10

Arabian Nights

Question 11

chief god of Babylon; creator god of world

Answer 11

Marduk

Question 12

a severe fever; usually found in tropical or subtropical locations

Answer 12

malaria

Question 13

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

Answer 13

consul

Question 14

Assyrian city

Answer 14

Nineveh

Question 15

“For the use of readers.”

Answer 15

Assurbanipal

Question 16

ornamental molding on wall near ceiling

Answer 16

cornice

Question 17

Assyrian and Babylonian form of writing

Answer 17

cuneiform

Question 18

king of the early Babylonians

Answer 18

Hammurabi

Question 19

king of later Babylonians (Chaldeans)

Answer 19

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 20

Nebuchadnezzar’s gardens in Babylon

Answer 20

Hanging Gardens

Question 21

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

Answer 21

stylus

Question 22

to engage in noisy and lively festivities

Answer 22

revel

Question 23

“He who would excel in the school of the scribes must rise like the dawn.”

Answer 23

Babylonian copybook