By Mr. Hall Ancient Empires

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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100 Check answer The world’s first empire was established by which king in about 2350 B.C.?

King Sargon Home 100

200 Check Answer The first empire was called the _________________ Empire?

Akkadian Home 200

300 Check Answer In 1792 B.C. a powerful king named____________ began a long and successful rule of the Babylonian Empire.

Home 300 Hammurabi

400 Check Answer The area of rich soil and water that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf is called_______________________.

The Fertile Crescent Home 400

500 Check Answer What was the purpose of Hammurabi’s Code of Law?

Help control the empire by bringing justice and fair treatment to all. Home 500

Check Answer 100 Why did Hammurabi think his empire needed a single code of law?

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. Home 100

Check Answer 200 A __________________ is a written set of rules that people are required to obey

Code of Laws Home 200

Check Answer 300 How was Assyria able build their empire?

Assyria had a strong military presence. Home 300

Check Answer 400 Why were the Assyrians feared by their enemies?

The Assyrians were harsh and cruel. Home 400

Check Answer 500 The practice of forcing people to move from their homeland to another place far away is ____________________.

Exile Home 500

Check Answer 100 How did Assyria control their empire?

Appointed governors to rule under the emperor’s direction. Home 100

Check Answer 200 The purpose of tribute was to _______

Bring money and goods into an empire’s treasury. Home 200

Check Answer 300 The Assyrian Empire was taken over by

Medes and Chaldeans. Home 300

Check Answer 400 The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were created _________________________.

To please Nebuchadnezzar’s wife. Home 400

Check Answer 500 The lands occupied by the Persians were originally ruled by _____________.

Medes Home 500

Check Answer 100 Anatolia, which lies within modern-day _________________, was conquered by Cyrus the Great as he created the Persian Empire in the 500s B.C.

Turkey Home 100

Check Answer 200 Cyrus the Great set up a policy of __________________towards the conquered peoples of his empire.

Toleration Home 200

Check Answer 300 Darius sent out ___________________________ to be his ___________________________ to be sure his satraps followed orders.

Spies, eyes and ears Home 300

Check Answer 400 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.

Lydians Home 400

Check Answer 500 The main reason that Persia’s emperor Darius used the Royal Road was to ____________________.

Move mail between distant points more quickly Home 500

Check Answer 100 An area in Southwest Asia, also called Asia Minor, within modern day Turkey

Anatolia Home 100

Check Answer 200 Allowing people to keep their customs and beliefs

Toleration Home 200

Check Answer 300 An area of land similar to a state

Province Home 300

Check Answer 400 A governor of a province in the Persian Empire

Satrap Home 400

Check Answer 500 A powerful Babylonian ruler who developed a single body of laws

Hammurabi Home 500