Download Name: Ancient Mesopotamia Internet Scavenger Hunt 1.) Find a

Name:
Ancient Mesopotamia
Internet Scavenger Hunt
1.) Find a map of Mesopotamia that shows the ancient cities of the region.
List three cities that you can find.
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/geography/home_set.html.
a. _________________
b. _________________
c. _________________
2.) Define the word “Mesopotamia”.
Mesopotamia:
3.) Cunieform was made up of hundreds of word signs that were
"________________" due to the shape of the reed pen, or
_____________ that was used. The Sumerians wrote
_________________on that would either be dried in the sun or fired
in_______________ to make the writing permanent.
http://itss229.ed.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/meso/mesopotamia.html.
4.) The Code of Hammurabi: Law # 55: If a farmer opens his ditches to
water his crop, but is careless, and the water floods the field of his
neighbor, then he shall pay ___________________.
http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/hammurabi.htm.
5.) List the six contributions of the Sumerians.
a.
d.
b.
e.
c.
f.
http://itss229.ed.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/meso/mesopotamia.html.
6.) The Ancient Israelites obeyed the Ten Commandments. Fill in the blanks
according to the first commandment.
From the Bible: “Then God spoke all these words: ‘I am the Lord your God, who
brought you out of the land of __________________, out of the house of
_______________; you shall have no other gods before me…’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments.
7.) Write your name using the Phoenician alphabet.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/alpha.html.