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`Cornell Notes
Level 2: sort, infer, analyze, sequence, organize,
solve, explain, compare, contrast, classify, isolate,
characterize, make analogies.
Level 3: conclude, criticize, recognize, justify,
judge, evaluate, estimate, predict, speculate, make
a model, extrapolate, apply a principle, interpret,
hypothesize, if/then.
Name:____________________________________________________
Class: HUMANITIES
Period: __________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________________
Topic:
Questions and Main Ideas:
Notes:
The Rise of the Sumerian City-States
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-Mesopotamia – means
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“________________________________________________”
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-Mesopotamia was not an easy place to live with the
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_________________ and the low ______________________.
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-The ________________ Mountains was the ideal place to
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farm until the ____________________________ increased and
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there was not enough land to grow enough food causing a food
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shortage.
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-People moved to the plains but there was the
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_____________________________________water supply
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because the rivers would flood so people had to build
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_____________________ to help with this problem.
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-The _______________________ that ran through the fields
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were ________________________________ systems that had
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to be maintained so people had to work together to keep the
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canal from clogging.
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-Outside people from other city states started to
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______________________________ because there were not
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enough hills or rivers to keep them out so they had to build
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___________________________ around their cities.
Summary: (3-5 sentences)
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`Cornell Notes
Level 2: sort, infer, analyze, sequence, organize,
solve, explain, compare, contrast, classify,
isolate, characterize, make analogies.
Level 3: conclude, criticize, recognize, justify,
judge, evaluate, estimate, predict, speculate,
make a model, extrapolate, apply a principle,
interpret, hypothesize, if/then.
Topic:
Questions and Main Ideas:
Teacher Document
Class: HUMANITIES
Period: __________________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________________
Notes:
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The Rise of the Sumerian City-States
Mesopotamia – means “the land between two rivers” (Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers)
What made it difficult to live in
Mesopotamia was not an easy place to live with the hills and the
Mesopotamia?
low plains.
The Zagros Mountains was the ideal place to farm until the
What happened when the population
population increased and there was not enough land to grow
grew?
enough food causing a food shortage.
People moved to the plains but there was the uncontrolled water
What did people do to help control the
supply because the rivers would flood so people had to build
water?
levees to help with this problem.
What was the problem with the
The canals that ran through the fields were irrigation systems
irrigation system?
that had to be maintained so people had to work together to keep
the canal from clogging.
Why did people build walls?
Outside people from other city states started to attack because
there were not enough hills or rivers to keep them out so they
had to build walls around their cities.
Ch. 4 History Quiz
Name _____________________________ Date ______________________
The Sumerian City-States
1. Mesopotamia – means “___________________________________________________” (Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers)
2. People moved to the plains but there was the _________________________water supply because
the rivers would flood so people had to build levees to help with this problem.
3. The canals that ran through the fields were ____________________________systems that had to
be maintained so people had to work together to keep the canal from clogging.
4. Outside people from other city states started to __________________ because there were not
enough hills or rivers to keep them out so they had to build ________________around their cities.
Word Bank:
uncontrolled
attack
irrigation
the land between two rivers
Ch. 4 History Quiz
walls
Name _____________________________ Date ______________________
The Sumerian City-States
1. Mesopotamia – means “___________________________________________________” (Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers)
2. People moved to the plains but there was the _________________________water supply because
the rivers would flood so people had to build levees to help with this problem.
3. The canals that ran through the fields were ____________________________systems that had to
be maintained so people had to work together to keep the canal from clogging.
4. Outside people from other city states started to __________________ because there were not
enough hills or rivers to keep them out so they had to build ________________around their cities.
Word Bank:
uncontrolled
attack
irrigation
the land between two rivers
walls
Answer Key ch. 4 history quiz
1. Mesopotamia – means “the land between two rivers” (Tigris and Euphrates Rivers).
2. People moved to the plains but there was the uncontrolled water supply because the rivers would
flood so people had to build levees to help with this problem.
3. The canals that ran through the fields were irrigation systems that had to be maintained so people
had to work together to keep the canal from clogging.
4. Outside people from other city states started to attack because there were not enough hills or
rivers to keep them out so they had to build walls around their cities.