Mesopotamia Study Guide- Chapter 5

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Timeline (Label at least 5 things on the timeline during the Unit) ___________________________________________________________
7000 B.C. 6000 B.C. 5000 B.C. 4000 B.C.

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3000 B.C. 2000 B.C. 1000 B.C. 0

Part 1: Geography (Sec. 1- Pg. 116) Vocab (Define and draw a circle map for each term):
Fertile Crescent (Pg 117):

Irrigation (118):

Canals (Pg 118):

Surplus (Pg 118):

Division of Labor (Pg 118):

Analysis (Answer with as much detail as possible)

In Greek, what does Mesopotamia mean? What two rivers does Mesopotamia lie between? (Pg 117)

Create a Flow Map that shows how fertile soil eventually led to cities/civilization in Mesopotamia. Use the following terms in the correct order: (Canals, Division of Labor, Surplus, Irrigation, Civilization, Cities).

Part 2 Sumerians (Sec. 2 and 3- Pgs. 122-131) Vocab (Define and draw a picture for each term):
City-state (Pg 122):

Empire (Pg 123):

Polytheism (Pg 124):

Social Hierarchy (Pg 125):

Cuneiform (Pg 127):

Pictographs (Pg 128):

Epics (Pg 128):

Architecture (Pg 130):

Ziggurat (Pg 130):

Analysis (Answer with as much detail as possible)

What was the group called that settled in Mesopotamia by 3000 B.C.? Describe how their city-states helped create the worlds first civilization. (Pg 122)

What group destroyed all the Sumerian city-states, creating the worlds first empire? Who was their leader? (Pg 123)

Draw a pyramid with the different ranks of Social Hierarchy in Sumer. (Pg 125)

Part 3 Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent (Sec. 4- Pg 132) Vocab (Describe in Detail):
Hammurabis Code (Pg 133):

Analysis (Answer with as much detail as possible)

Describe Hammurabis Code of law and why it was so important to Babylon. (Pg 132)

Who were the Assyrians and what was the key to their success? In what way did they conquer the Fertile Crescent in the 1200s B.C.? (Pg 134)

Where was Phoenicia located in the Fertile Crescent? Where did the Phoenicians trade and what was their most important achievement? (Pg 136-137)