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Study Guide Part I Due: FRI. (9/28)
Study Guide Part II Due: Mon. (10/1)
MESOPOTAMIA EXAM W/TH (B)10/3 or 10/4
PART I : Please make flashcards defining and relating these key terms to the topics covered in this unit
of study. Please follow the guidelines given on your “How to Make Flashcards” handout. Flashcards of
key terms not bolded in your textbook are in italics here:
DUE Friday 9/21 (Ch.2.1): city-states (NG), ziggurat (NG), theocracy (NG), empire,
patriarchal, polytheistic (NG), cuneiform (NG)
DUE Tuesday 9/25 (Gilgamesh Flashcards): For the following flash cards instead of a grid
answer the questions: Who is this character? What does this character contribute to the story?
What does this character teach us? Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Ishtar, Utanapishtim
DUE Thursday 9/27 (Other flash cards) Irrigation (NG), Sumer, School in Sumer (NG),
Nippur, Akkad, Sargon
DUE Friday 9/28 (Bring these and ALL flash cards): Babylon, Hammurabi, Code of
Hammurabi
PART II: Please answer the following questions THOROUGHLY (and in order) on a separate piece of
paper. Remember to include DATES when appropriate!!! You do not need to use complete sentences!
1. Think about how the geography and climate/environment of Mesopotamia, and how it
relates to the culture that developed in Ancient Sumer. How did the people of Ancient
Sumer manipulate and make use of their geography and environment?
2. What are some of the innovations that Ancient Mesopotamia was responsible for?
3. What did women live like in ancient Mesopotamia?
4.
5. Please review your notes on the Epic of Gilgamesh (no writing required).