Download Mesopotamia Study Guide p 1 - Fort Thomas Independent Schools

STUDYGUIDE MESOPOTAMIA
Chapter 1, Section
STUDY PACKET
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MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION pages 16-25
: Vocabulary
B-1, Vocabulary Sentences B-1, Guided Reading Activities GRA B-1, GRA B-2, GRA B-3,
Babylonian Values.
1.
Know your vocabulary words; know their definitions and be able to use them in sentences.
2.
list 5 reasons early civilizations often started in river valleys.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3.
As civilizations developed, so did governments,
to provide services that people needed. List 4 of those
services.
a.
b.
c.
d.
4,
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
and
5. What does the word'Mesopotamia'mean?
6. Mesopotamia is a hot, dry land. What did the people living there develop to get water to their crops?
7.
Mesopotamia is part of a larger area, called the Fertile crescent. lt stretches between what two important
bodies of water?
8.
The area in the south of Mesopotamia is called
which developed there, is called the
9. As agricultural
Civilization.
surpluses increased, what larger form of settlement developed?
10. Describe a city-state
11.
and the world's first civilization,
Which is larger, a nation or a city-state?