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IES DON BOSCO
Bilingual Section
1º ESO Geography and History
UNIT 12:
Civilizations by the river: Mesopotamia.
Exercises, activities and tasks
1. When did WRITING first appear?
- 500 BC
- 5000 BC
- 50.000 BC
2. Where was the first evidence of writing found?
- China
- Mesopotamia
- England
3. What were the first civilizations called?
- River civilizations
- Sand civilizations
- Ice civilizations
4. In what age did the first King appear?
- Age of Metals
- Paleolithic Age
- Neolithic Age
5. What does the famous law say at the base of the Hammurabi Code? (p.167)
6. Mesopotamia was divided into two regions. What were they called? (p.168)
7. Fill in the blanks:
The Mesopotamians believed in the existence of ………….. gods. This is called
…………………. The gods were immortal. They didn’t believe in …………… after
death. They constructed many buildings from …………. and ……………… There are
very few remains nowadays. Near the temples were large towers called
…………………. One of the most important Ziggurats is in the city of Ur. The
aristocracy consisted of the King, his ………………. and the nobles. The women were
paid …………. than the men.
Vocabulary: BRICK, ZIGGURATS, LESS, MANY,CONCRETE,
POLYTHEISM, LIFE.
8. Use the pyramid, order the group of people from the richest to poorest.
IES DON BOSCO
Bilingual Section
1º ESO Geography and History
THE KING AND NOBLES/ SLAVES/ PRIESTS/ FARMERS.
9. Copy the chart and place each sentence in the corresponding group.
Aristocracy Priest Scribes Slaves Peasant
1. They fed all the society with their work.
2. They lived in the temple.
3. Professionals who were fluent in writing.
4. They controlled the highest positions in the government
5. Did not have any rights
10. Fill in the blanks: the appearance of writing.
………………….. appeared in Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago. When
………………. grew, it became necessary to create a system of ………… to keep the
data which were of interest to the king and his ……………..: taxes, trade transactions…
Soon the first holy books, science books and ……………. works arose.
The …………….of writing was so ……………. that it is from this event that historians
set the birth of ………………….
Vocabulary: INVENTION, CITIES, IMPORTANT, HISTORY, GOVERNMENT,
WRITING, LITERARY, CONTROL
11. Look at the map and try translate de text:
The first civilizations emerged in Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China about
5,000 years ago. They are called river civilizations because they developed along
the banks of large rivers:
• The Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia
• The River Nile in Egypt
• The Indus River in India
• The Yellow and Blue rivers in China
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Bilingual Section
1º ESO Geography and History
12. True or False
• The power was centred on a king.
• Peasants worked in workshops.
• Society was divided into groups very bad differentiated:
• The people did not have an artistic development.
• The priests were in charge of the religious rituals.
• Slaves had all the rights and possessed most of the riches
13. Fill in the gaps using the following words:
Sumer was the world's ……….. civilization. It was …………………… in the
southern area of Mesopotamia where the twin …………… converged. The people who
………….. in this area were called Sumerians.
Vocabulary: LIVED, LOCATED, FIRST, RIVERS
14. Name the different parts of a city (Temple, Palace, Walls).
• The cities of Mesopotamia were surrounded by ………………...
• The …………….. (Ziggurat) is where people worshipped gods.
• The ……………. is where the kings lived
15. Complete the phrases. You can find the answers on pp.169-170.
-The ……………………... controlled the government.
-The society divided in ………………… parts
-They believed in………………………………………………………..
- They constructed………………………………………………………
(Some of this exercises are from IES “Los Remedios” in Ubrique)