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Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________ Period: ________ #: _____ Chapter 4: Study Guide “Mesopotamia” Part One: Vocabulary Terms Directions: Match the vocabulary term with the correct definition. Artisans Astronomer Bronze Çatalhüyük Chaldeans Empire Epic Hereditary Irrigation Mesopotamia Nebuchadnezzar Uruk Sargon Slinghsot Tribute 1. Forced payments to a ruler __________________________ 2. Skilled workers who make metal products, cloth or pottery ________________ 3. Built the Hanging Gardens to please his wife __________________________ 4. The “cradle of civilization” __________________________ 5. Rebelled against the Assyrians _______________________ 6. A weapon that is used to throw stones or other objects ______________________ 7. Something that passes to the children when the parent dies __________________________ 8. One of the oldest known cities in Asia, in the area that is now Turkey _________________ 9. The use of dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops _______________________ 10. A mixture of copper and tin __________________________ 11. A group of many different lands under one ruler _________________ 12. A person who studies planets and stars _________________________ 13. A long poem that tells that story of a hero ______________________ 14. One of the first cities in Southwest Asia __________________________ 15. King of Akkadians that conquered all of Mesopotamia ____________________ Part Two: Chapter Review Directions: Use your book, Chapter 2 Outline notes, and vocabulary definitions to answer the following questions. Please use complete sentences and answer your questions on a separate piece of notebook paper. 16. What was a major accomplishment that came from the Assyrians? 17. What was Mesopotamia’s climate like? 18. Who did the Sumerian kings claim to have received their power to rule from? 19. Mesopotamia developed in what is now the southern part of what country? 20. Throughout history, what factors influenced where people settled? 21. What was the Epic of Gilgamesh? 22. Sumerian cities were surrounded by what geographic features? How did this impact their interaction with other people? 23. Why did ancient people settle in fertile river valleys? 24. How did climate and geography impact the development of Mesopotamian groups? 25. How were the Chaldeans able to take back power from the Assyrians? 26. What type of weapons did the Assyrian army use? 27. How was Nebuchadnezzar able to pay for his many buildings projects and maintain his army? 28. What type of transportation did most caravans of merchants use? 29. Where was the Assyrian empire located? 30. The Chaldeans were the first people to do what? 31. Why was Hammurabi’s Code important? 32. During Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Babylon was a great city. What were some of the things that made it so “great”?
