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Chapters 4 Study Guide
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Date _____________________________
Where was Mesopotamia located? Describe its main physical features (mountains, rivers, etc.).
2. List below on the chart the four key problems faced by Mesopotamians and how they were able to solve
them.
Problems faced by Mesopotamians
Solutions
3. What are city-states?
4. How did the attempts to fix the problems in Mesopotamia lead to the creation of Sumerian city-states?
5. How is a Neolithic farming village different from a Sumerian city-state?
6. Draw and label layout of a
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Sumerian city-state. Your diagram should include:
a river,
the location of crops
the design and location of an irrigation system (include a dam, levee,
reservoir, and a canal
the design and location of features to defend against attacks
the design and location of houses and temple
7. On a map, be able to locate:
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Mesopotamia
Sumer
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Asia
Europe
Africa
Fertile Crescent
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Chapter 5 “Was Ancient Sumer a Civilization?”
Date ___________________
1. What are the seven characteristics that make a culture a civilization?
2. Show that the Sumerians created a civilization by 3000 B.C.E. by listing SPECIFIC EXAMPLES for each
major characteristic of a civilization.
3. In ancient Sumer, to what social class did the priests belong?
4. What does their status show us about the importance of religion to the Sumerians?
5. How did the Sumerians believe kings were chosen?
6. How did this belief affect the king’s power?
7. What was the king responsible for?
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Chapter 6 “Exploring Four Empires of Mesopotamia”
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Four Empires
When?
Main Ruler(s)?
Important Contributions/Achievements?
What strategies did Sargon use to conquer independent city-states
of Sumer?
Akkadian
Empire
What strategies did Sargon use to control and maintain his empire?
What are important achievements of the Akkadians?
What was the significance of Hammurabi’s code of laws?
Babylonian
Empire
What were some other achievements of Hammurabi?
What was life like in Mesopotamia under Assyrian rule?
Assyrian
Empire
What were some important Assyrian achievements?
How did Nebuchadrezzar rule?
Neo-Babylonian
Empire
What were the purposes of walls and moats Nebuchadrezzar had
built?
What were the main accomplishments of Nebuchadrezzar and the
Babylonians?
7. Why do you think so much conquest took place in Mesopotamia? Explain your answer.