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Study Guide for Mesopotamia Test
Your test will be given on Thursday, September 18. On a separate piece of paper, write the
definitions and complete the following information below in your own words:
Vocabulary:
scribe
empire
ziggurat
polytheism
domesticate
descendants
Ten Commandments
city-state
nomads
battering ram
monotheism
irrigation system
Exodus
prophet
tribute
artisan
Judaism
prehistoric
covenant
Torah
sacrifice
People:
Hammurabi
Ashurbanipal
Solomon
Nebuchadnezzar II
Sargon
Abraham
Gilgamesh
David
Moses
Know the major geographic features of Mesopotamia/Canaan
Why did people settle near rivers?
Drought = famines = wars
What is necessary before a civilization can exist?
Characteristics (elements) of a civilization (PERSIA)
The relationship between job specialization and social classes
Importance of writing
Sumer = 1st civilization
Which civilizations started here: (Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hebrews, Akkadians).
Which civilization was first?
Which civilization ruled by fear of the military?
Government responsibilities: (controlling the rivers, collect taxes, build public projects, plan
for the future, and defend the people).
Hammurabi’s Code: what it was, why it was written.
Why do Jews consider themselves “the Chosen People”?
Know how Abraham’s life is important to the history of Judaism.
List or bullet the points you would put in an essay:
Why city-states fought each other, how leaders who conquered a city-state controlled it and
protected it from other invasions.
Be able to show the features of a city-state. Identify different jobs that were created by citystates.