Name: Ashley Rae Louise A.

Andolero Year and Section: BSTM 1-a STS

Self-Assessment Questions (SAQ)

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

1. Called the "cradle of civilization" because it is where people first abandoned their nomadic way of life to
build permanent homes. Birthplace of writing, astronomy, a written legal code, places of worship, and
inventions like the wheel. Name means "land between 2 rivers". Originally south= Sumer, north=Akkad but
unifies under Babylonians. Modern day Iraq.

Mesopotamia_____________________________________________________

2. Root of civilization

Mesopotamia_____________________________________________________

3. Builder of the cities/first flood + Ark, king of Uruk, first and best of heroes.

Gilgamesh_______________________________________________________

4. Written language of Mesopotamia developed by the Sumerians. Means "wedge shaped" because wedge
shaped stylus pressed into slab of soft clay to write. Other materials included stone and chisel, metal and chisel,
and paint on glazed terracotta. Developed from pictograms and spread to Persia and Egypt – only international
script for centuries.

Cuneiform_______________________________________________________

5. God who gave Gilgamesh his power.

Lugalbanda_______________________________________________________

B. Matching Type: Match the statements on the upper part with the statements
below. Write the letter of your answer on the blank before each number.

__D__ 1. Four (4) ethno cultural groups of Mesopotamia

__A__ 2. Environmental mistake of Sumerians

__C__ 3. Timeline of people

__E__ 4. Human emotion indicated by Sumerian art

__B__ 5. Importance of river valleys

A. Did not find a balance between cultivation to support population, and protection of the environment.
Civilization ultimately destroyed their land.

B. Steady source of water, fertile land, transportation (communication, trade)

C. Sumerians, Semitic people (Akkadians, Amorites), Indo-Europeans (Luvians, Hittites), Hurrians

D. Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians

E. Surprise - Wide eyes --> in the presence of god

C. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer that matches the given statement. Write the letter of
your choice on the space provided for.
__B__ 1. Semitic chieftain Sargon conquers Sumerians and establishes capital at Akkad - uniting lower
Mesopotamia.

a. Ziggurats b. Akkadians c. Fertile Crescent d. Assyrians

___B__ 2. One of most famous Ziggurats; destroyed and built several times with final restoration by
Nebuchadnezzar. Once completed, called one of the great wonders of the ancient world.

a. Garden of Eden b. Tower of Babel c. Fertile Crescent d. Epic of Gilgamesh

__B__ 3. Cross between checkers and dominoes

a. Garden of Eden b. Game of Ur c. Temple at Eridu d. Timeline of people

__D__ 4. Oldest religion for which written records exist. Polytheistic religion compromising of about 3600
gods and demigods. Story of creation= by people for people - gods planned and created main components of
universe then delegated these components to 4 gods to rule. (God of heaven, air god, water god, earth goddess)

a. Akkadians b. Assyrians c. Ziggurats d. Beliefs

__D__ 5. Uruk, Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, Assyrian empire, Ancient Iran, Achaemenid Persia

a. Sumerian society b. Uruk c. Sumerian empire and Kings d. Timeline of places/empires

ASSIGNMENT:
1. Choose one remarkable development from Arabs, Chinese and Hindu science and technology and make a
flyer or poster interpreting their contributions.