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Mr. Refsnider
Geography, Grade 7
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Chapter2 Section1 Outline
THE LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS
Directions – This worksheet is to help you outline Chapter 2 Section 1 of your textbook and get a better
understanding of the geography within the Fertile Crescent. It will help you explain the role of geographic
features in the growth of city-states. You will need to read pages 29 – 34 in your Ancient World textbook to
answer the following questions. You do not need complete sentences for this activity BUT spelling is important
as is being able to read your answers.
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Caligula – proclaimed himself a god and appointed his
favorite horse consul.
Nero – murdered his half-brother, his mother, and his wife.
What did Sumerian schools teach boys and They adopted the best young man they could find to be
some girls? What did graduates of this type emperor. Only the last emperor had a son.
of school become?
When and where were the first known
schools set up?
Why were scribes important in Sumer?
Why was learning to be a scribe hard
work?
He created laws to protect women, children, and slaves. He
issued a code that made all the laws the same throughout
the Roman empire. He reorganized the army so that
soldiers would defend their homes. He also encouraged
learning.
THE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT
4.
Where was Sumer located?
5.
What special attractions did Mesopotamia
have that drew people to settle there?
6.
Where does the word Mesopotamia come
from? What 2 rivers does it lie between?
Interested in using the studies to build things / architecture
and engineering were important to the Romans
7.
Mesopotamia is part of a larger area called
what?
How were the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
a source of life for the people of
Mesopotamia? What else did the two
Cement / Put up buildings that were taller than any built
before.
or entertainment / The Roman roads were used to move y
and help communication.
8.
They had long admired the Greek achievements. Marcus
Aurelius wrote a philosophy book in Greek. Hadrian spoke
Greek. Many Roman
Interested in ideas / mathematics / philosophy / astronomy
rivers supply?
9.
Why did the flood waters of the Tigris and
the Euphrates bring sorrows?
Lines of arches used to carry water over long distances.
They would carry water from the countryside to the cities.
THE FIRST CITIES
10. By 3500 B.C., what did people see in the
growing cites of Mesopotamia in the
region of Sumer?
11. Why was it difficult for Sumerians in
different cities to unite under one ruler?
12. What is a city-state?
13. What were the streets like in a Sumerian
city?
14. Give 2 examples of what life was like at
home in a Sumerian city.
15. What were the streets filled with in a
Sumerian city?
SUMERIAN RELIGION
16. What was/is a Ziggurat?
Roman law has been handed down through cultures and is
part of our laws in the United States today.
17. What did Sumerian myths promise to the
people if they served the gods well?
18. What weakened Sumer’s rulers and
exhausted the armies?
19. By 2000 B.C., Sumer was no longer a
major power. Who did it fall to in 1759
B.C.?
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