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Middle East Study Guide Name: _________________________________ What will the test look like? 1 Date: _____________________ When is the test? 25 questions total 30 total points Questions will be multiple choice, short answer, extended response What else will be on the test? Middle East Map Latitude/Longitude Directions Timelines Directions: Make sure you know the following terms. Sahara Desert in Africa Cuneiform Writing system of Mesopotamia Polytheism Belief in many gods Ziggurat Temple in Mesopotamia Mesopotamia Ancient civilization in the Middle East Euphrates River in Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent Another name for Mesopotamia Papyrus The plant used to make paper in Ancient Egypt Irrigation Bringing water to dry land Tigris River River in Mesopotamia Hammurabi A famous king in Mesopotamia who had a strict code of laws Hieroglyphics Writing system of Ancient Egypt Nile River River in Egypt Hint: You will need to know the locations on your Middle East map! Directions: Answer the following questions. 1. What is desertification and how is it caused? (identify 2 causes) Spread of deserts. Causes are overgrazing and drought 2. What is the difference between a political map and a physical map? Political maps show cities and boundaries Physical maps show elevations and land forms 3. Why are rivers important? (identify 3 reasons other than bathing/washing/drinking) Trade, transportation, farming 4. How do rivers enrich the soil and make it fertile? (think of our Sue/Sally story with Fred the fisherman) Snow melts from the mountains every year and floods the river. Silt get deposited which makes the soil fertile. 5. What are characteristics of ancient civilizations? (what do Egypt and Mesopotamia have in common?) Mesopotamia: polytheism, farming, monarchy, cuneiform on clay tablets (writing), Tigris/Euphrates, class system Egypt: polytheism, farming, monarchy, hieroglyphics on papyrus (writing), Nile River, class system 6. How is the geography of a region and their economies usually related? (equation) What are the exceptions to the Middle East? If you live in a place with a good geography usually they will have a good economy. Most of the time a bad geography will mean a place has a bad economy. One exception to this in the Middle East is oil. 7. How does where you live, influence how you live? (identify a geography of the Middle East and describe how someone lives in that type of geography) If you live in a desert, the geography is bad and it is difficult to live in a desert. If you live in a desert, you would use a camel for transportation and have to search for water. Some people live in a tent because you have to travel to find a water source.