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World History Mr. Aganad Mesopotamia Study guide Name _________________________________ Date ______________________ Period ______ Directions: Using your notes and textbook pages 48‐81, complete the following study guide. Study 15‐20 minutes every day between now and the day of your test on Thursday, Oct. 9. Suggestion‐make a study tool to help you to recall this information such as: flashcards, practice quiz, mnemonics, and/or 1. Organize the P.PL.E.V.s into the 6 Themes chart with short statements of their importance and/or additional important information. P(eople): Sargon I, Enheduanna, Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar, Gilgamesh, priests, Phoenicians P(laces): Fertile Crescent E(vents): V(ocabulary): silt, irrigation, canals, surplus, division of labor, empire, monarch, code of Hammurabi, cuneiform, pictograph, alphabet, epic, social hierarchy, polytheism Define: 2. Alphabet 3. Cuneiform 4. Empire 5. Epic 6. Monarch 7. Priests 8. Pictograph 9. Polytheism 10. Social Hierarchy Short Answer Questions: 11. What are the names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia? __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 12. What does Mesopotamia mean? _____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 13. Why did the Mesopotamians build canals? _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 14. Why did the city‐states fight each other? ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 15. What was the code of Hammurabi? How did it affect Mesopotamians? _____________ _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 16. What was resource did the Phoenicians trade? _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 17. How did the Phoenicians spread their alphabet? ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 18. Give examples of how we still use the Sumerian’s math system. ____________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Describe the achievements of… 19. Sargon I _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 20. Enheduanna _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 21. Nebuchadnezzar __________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 22. Gilgamesh _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 23. Hammurabi ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 24. On the test, you will write a paragraph answering, “Why was Mesopotamia an ideal place for civilization to develop?” Include an introduction sentence, at least 2‐3 supporting details with explanation, and a conclusion sentence. Use appropriate vocabulary words like: Fertile Crescent, silt, irrigation, canals, surplus and division of labor. You are welcome to schedule time with Mr. Aganad to review the Rough Draft of your paragraph. World History Mr. Aganad Mesopotamia Studyguide‐Adapted Name _________________________________ Date ______________________ Period ______ Directions: Using your notes and textbook pages 48‐81, complete the following studyguide. Study 15‐20 minutes every day between now and the day of your test on Thursday, Oct. 9. Suggestion‐make a study tool to help you to recall this information such as: flashcards, practice quiz, mnemonics, and/or 1. Organize the P.PL.E.V.s into the 6 Themes chart with short statements of their importance and/or additional important information. P(eople): Sargon I, Enheduanna, Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar, Gilgamesh, priests, Phoenicians P(laces): Fertile Crescent E(vents): V(ocabulary): silt, irrigation, canals, surplus, division of labor, empire, monarch, code of Hammurabi, cuneiform, pictograph, alphabet, epic, social hierarchy, polytheism Directions: Match the following vocabulary words with the appropriate definition: 2. The worship of many gods is _________________ 3. The ruler of a kingdom or empire is _________________ Alphabet 4. A person who performs religious ceremonies is Cuneiform _________________ 5. Long poem that tells the story of a hero is _________________ 6. Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule is _________________ 7. A set of letters that can be combined to form words is _________________ 8. The division of society by rank or class is __________________________________ 9. The world’s first system of writing; “wedge‐shaped” symbols is _________________ 10. A picture symbol is _________________ Word Bank Empire Epic Monarch Pictograph Priest Polytheism Social Hierarchy Short Answer Questions: 11. What are the names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia? __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 12. What does Mesopotamia mean? _____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 13. Why did the Mesopotamians build canals? _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 14. Why did the city‐states fight each other? ______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 15. What was the code of Hammurabi? How did it affect Mesopotamians? _____________ _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 16. What was resource did the Phoenicians trade? _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 17. How did the Phoenicians spread their alphabet? ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 18. Give examples of how we still use the Sumerian’s math system. ____________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Directions: Match the following people with a description of their achievements 19. _________________ used a professional army to defeat all of the city‐states and started the world’s first empire 20. _________________ wrote hymns and poems and was the world’s first writer that we know by name. 21. _________________ wrote a list of laws that controlled people’s daily life and behavior Word Bank Sargon I Enheduanna Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Gilgamesh 22. _________________ was the most famous Chaldean king who built the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon 23. _________________ was a legendary king in Sumerian literature 24. You will turn in the Final Draft of your paragraph on the day of the test. You will not be rewriting it during the test. a. Your paragraph must answer, “Why was Mesopotamia an ideal place for civilization to develop?” b. Include an introduction sentence, at least 2‐3 supporting details with explanation, and a conclusion sentence. c. Use appropriate vocabulary words like: Fertile Crescent, silt, irrigation, canals, surplus and division of labor. d. You are welcome to schedule time with Mr. Aganad to review the Rough Draft of your paragraph.