Download 1 - World History

1.3 Reading Guide
Identifications:
Civilization
City
Ur
Ziggurat
Definitions:
Surplus
Irrigation
Specialization
Artisans
Institution
Scribes
Cuneiform
Bronze Age
Barter
Short Answers:
1) Name THREE new inventions that made farming easier.
2) What inventions (two) allowed traders to move goods across great
distances?
3) Describe Old Stone Age belief systems. (Name THREE things.)
4) Describe New Stone Age belief systems. (Name THREE things.)
5) Where is Sumer?
6) Where is Mesopotamia?
7) Locate Mesopotamia on the blank map of the Middle East in your binder.
8) Where were the “birthplaces of civilizations?”
9) What were the dual purposes of “temples?”
10) What were THREE tasks for early governments?
11) Explain how government officials, priests and merchants developed
written language?
12) Explain the scribes’ writing process?
13) What else did scribes begin writing about in Sumer?
14) What did Sumerian artisans begin using in 3500 BC to make pottery?
15) Describe Ur’s homes.
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