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Chapter 3 Study Guide
DIRECTIONS: Using your Interactive Notes packets and Chapter 3 of your text book, fill in the blanks
to help you prepare for the Chapter Summative.
TEST DATE: ___________________________________
1. Hunter-gatherer groups first settled in Mesopotamia more than ________ years ago.
2. A large arc of farmland is known as the ________________ ___________________.
3. ___________________ is a way of supplying water to an area of land.
4. Another name for countryside areas is __________________.
5. ________________ is the worship of many gods.
6. ___________ defeated all the city-states of Sumer and conquered northern Mesopotamia.
7. A ____________________ is a ruler of a kingdom or empire.
8. City-states fought each other for farmland because...
9. _______________ and ______________ are the two rivers that gave Mesopotamia its name?
10. To control ______________, the Mesopotamians built canals.
11. A division of society by rank or class is ________________ __________________.
12. Sumerian women __________ _________ be important religious leaders.
13. A form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols created by the Sumerians is
knows as ___________________.
14. The picture symbols used for written communication before cuneiform is
___________________.
15. A legendary figure in Sumerian literature is King _______________.
16. _________________ are long poems that tell the story of a hero.
17. Babylon was located near present-day _________________, Iraq.
18. The Phoenicians were well known for the resource of _________ __________.
19. The city-state of _____________ rose to power after the death of Sargon I.
20. What did Sargon's empire have in common with other Mesopotamian city-states?
21. ___________ served as the link between the Sumerians and the gods.
22. ___________________ dominated Sumerian city-states.
23. The Hittities and Assyrians used _____________ and _________________ in battle.
24. _________________ are wheeled, horse-drawn battle carts.
25. __________________ and ________________ both built up Babylon.
26. Ziggurats were built to ____________ the gods.
27. The Phoenician _______________ spread along their trade routes.
28. A set of letters that can be combined to form words is __________________.
29. Sharp _______________ were used by the Sumerians to make symbols on clay tablets.
30. The Phoenicians built a trading center along the _________________ region.