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Unit 1 Study Guide
Course Standards & learning targets addressed: 1(a), 1(f); 2(f); 3(a), 3(e); 4(f); 5(b), 5(c), 5(d); 6(a), 6(b);
7(a), 7(c), 7(e)
Vocabulary
People & Places
Hunter Gatherers
Nomads
Farmers
“Priest kings” of Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
“Fertile Crescent”
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Challenges to settlers in
Mesopotamia
- Annual flooding
- No natural barriers
- Few natural resources
Solutions for Mesop. settlers
(irrigation, walls, trade)
City states of Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
Concepts
“Big History”
Key to Civilization = ???
Population Growth
Reasons why humans have succeeded
Implications of Farming
Characteristics of civilization (below)
- Advanced cities
- Specialized workers
- Complex institutions
- Record keeping
- Advanced technology
Type of religion in Fertile Crescent
region = ???
Indo-European migrations
Empire
- Difference between citizen and
subject
Social hierarchy
Civilizations of the Fertile
Crescent
- Sumerians
- Babylonians
- Hittites
- Phoenicians
- Assyrians
Things
Dry farming
Slash and burn farming
Irrigation
Neolithic Revolution
Dynasty
Inventions of Sumerians
Wheel
- Sail
- Plow
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Bronze metallurgy
Sun dried bricks
Pictogram
Cuneiform = first written
language (characteristics)
Sumerian numbering system
Code of Hammurabi
Epic of Gilgamesh
Primary source document
Secondary source document
Key Questions:
- What are the five characteristics of civilization? Briefly (1-2 sentences) describe each one. Why does
Mr. Duffy argue that civilization is “all about the food surplus”?
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When and why did people settle in Mesopotamia? Discuss the attractions of the region, challenges
facing the settlers, and how they responded to those challenges.
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What are the differences between a primary and secondary source document? How can you identify a
document as a primary source or secondary source?
Map Practice
*** Don’t forget to review your map skills!!!: be able to mark on a map the location of the following:
Mesopotamia, Fertile Crescent, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf,
Anatolia / Turkey. ***