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“Ancient Mesopotamia” Study Unit
Vocabulary: You will need to know all of the vocabulary words from this unit, how the words
are used to help explain concepts and key ideas in this unit.
Mesopotamia
floodplain
silt
semiarid
drought
surplus
civilization
Sumer
city-state
ziggurat
polytheism
king
bronze
pictograph
stylus
cuneiform
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Answer the questions by filling in the spaces with the missing information.
1. ______________ What kind of climate did Mesopotamia have?
2. ______________ The most important structure in a Sumerian city was the --3. ______________ Sumerians were among the first people to make tools of --4. ______________ What was the wedge-shaped writing used by the Sumerians called?
5. ______________ Term used for when there is an advanced form of culture.
6. ______________ A period when not enough rain and snow fall is called a ---7. ______________ This is the geographical term for where a river starts --8. ______________ This is the geographical term for where the river ends / empties --Linking terms: Explain why the words in each pair below are connected with each other.
9. flood plain and silt-
10. Sumer and civilization
11. ziggurat and polytheism
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12. pictograph and cuneiform
Geography and Mesopotamia
13. How did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers both help and hurt farmers?
14. Why was irrigation so important to agriculture in Mesopotamia?
The First Civilization
15. How did advances in agriculture contribute to the rise of cities?
16. What role did the temple play in Sumerian society?
17. Explain the religious beliefs of the people in ancient Mesopotamia.
Life in Sumer
18. What roles did women and slaves have in Sumerian religion?
19. What are the characteristics of Sumerian cuneiform writing?
20. Explain the inventions that impacted the daily lives of the people in ancient Mesopotamia.
21. Sumer was considered the first civilization in ancient Mesopotamia. Explain the traits of a
civilization and how they impacted the people of Sumer.
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