1. Which of these cultures rose first in Mesopotamia?
- A) Assyria
- B) Sumer
- C) Babylonia
- D) Akkad
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Answer: Sumer
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2. In which part of Mesopotamia did the Assyrians originate?
- A) The foot of the Zagros mountains
- B) Near the Persian Gulf
- C) The Assyrian desert
- D) Caucasus Mountains
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Answer: Caucasus Mountains
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3. When did the Assyrians originate as an empire?
- A) 6th millennium BCE
- B) 5th millennium BCE
- C) 2nd millennium BCE
- D) 1st millennium BCE
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Answer: 2nd millennium BCE
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4. How did the Assyrians rise to power?
- A) Through their high level of education
- B) Through military dominance
- C) Through trading expertise
- D) By unifying with the Sumerians
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Answer: Through military dominance
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5. What were the Assyrians best known for?
- A) Building large boats
- B) Being expert traders
- C) Constructing an extensive library at Nineveh
- D) For unique arts and crafts
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Answer: Being expert traders
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6. Which script did the Assyrians use?
- A) Devanāgarī
- B) Cuneiform
- C) Ogham
- D) Iberian
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Answer: Cuneiform
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7. Which of these is not an Assyrian deity?
- A) Ashur
- B) Anu
- C) Thoth
- D) Enlil
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Answer: Thoth
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8. Which weapons helped Assyria revolutionize war?
- A) The battle ax and battering ram
- B) The crossbow and catapult
- C) Iron armor and boots
- D) The siege engine and chariots
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Answer: The siege engine and chariots
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9. What is featured most in Assyrian art?
- A) Royal banquets
- B) Family life
- C) Gardening
- D) Relief carvings
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Answer: Relief carvings
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10. Which prominent culture did Assyria conquer?
- A) Egypt
- B) Carthage
- C) Vedic India
- D) Ancient Greece
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Answer: Egypt
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11. What did the Assyrians do with their dead?
- A) Buried them in cemeteries
- B) Send them out to sea
- C) Held a cremation ritual
- D) Buried them at home
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Answer: Buried them at home
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12. Which of the following was a revered king of Assyria?
- A) Ashurbanipal
- B) Ramses II
- C) Gilgamesh
- D) Hammurabi
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Answer: Ashurbanipal
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13. How did the Assyrians protect their buildings?
- A) They used armed guards
- B) They told citizens ghosts haunted them
- C) They decorated them with large demons
- D) They inscribed the names of their gods in cuneiform on the building
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Answer: They decorated them with large demons
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14. How did the Assyrians control their large empire?
- A) A well-organized government
- B) They allowed conquered states to choose their own leader
- C) A well-trained military force
- D) All of the above
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Answer: All of the above
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15. When did the Assyrian empire officially end?
- A) 8th century BCE
- B) 6th century BCE
- C) 3rd century BCE
- D) 1st century BCE
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Answer: 6th century BCE
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