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Mesopotamia Study Guide
Fill in the study guide in as much detail as you can to be sure all the information is fresh in your
mind for the exam. Please use colors and symbols wherever you need to.
Geography
Label the map below with the following; The Mediterranean Sea, The Red Sea, The Persian Gulf,
The Tigris River, and the Euphrates River, the Zagros mountains, Babylon, and Sumer.
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Vocabulary
Define ALL of the Following:
fertile crescent - ________________________________________________________________
Civilization - __________________________________________________________________
City-state - _____________________________________________________________________
ziggurat - ______________________________________________________________________
artisans - ______________________________________________________________________
cuneiform - ___________________________________________________________________
domesticate - ___________________________________________________________________
surplus - ______________________________________________________________________
Scribes - ______________________________________________________________________
code - _______________________________________________________________________
Irrigation- ____________________________________________________________________
Mesopotamia- ________________________________________________________________
Defenses against attack
Look at the image below and label the ways that these Sumerians defended themselves against
attackers.
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Mesopotamian Inventions
Invention
Irrigation
Wheel
Hammurabi’s Code
Plow
Bricks
Problem solved
How it works
Why it is still
important today