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World Cultures Mesopotamia Study Guide Test Date: Thursday, 10/6/16 Name: _____________________________________________________ Period: ______ 1. Mesopotamia literally means “between the rivers”. (p.117) 2. What two major rivers helped give it this name? (p.117) Tigris & Euphrates Rivers 3. Cuneiform involved using styluses to make wedged- shaped symbols on clay tablets. (p.127) 4. What was the world’s first civilization that developed in Mesopotamia (p.122)? Sumer 5. What role did silt play in the development of Mesopotamia (p.117)? Made land ideal for farming 6. Hammurabi was most famous for what achievement? (p.133) Hammurabi’s Code 7. How did the priests in Sumer help the people gain the gods’ favor? (p.125) Performed rituals & ceremonies 8. The city-states in Sumer fought over what natural resource? (p.123) farmland 9. Sargon was famous for establishing the world’s first empire. (p.123) 10. What two ideas/concepts were created from a base 60 system in math? (p.129) Clock (minutes/ seconds) & 360 degree circle 11. List two advances Sumerians made in medicine. (p.129) Healing drugs made from plants in nature & kept record of medical treatments 12. Describe the Phoenician’s most important achievement (p.137). World’s 1st alphabet 13. Below the king, who was the high group in the Sumerian social hierarchy? (p.125) Priests- to keep the gods happy Define: • ziggurat (p.130) - pyramid shaped temple in Sumer • social hierarchy (p.125) - the division of society by rank or class • division of labor (p. 118)- an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular job • scribe (p.128) - a writer • Fertile Crescent (p.117) - An area of rich farmland in SW Asia, where the world’s 1st civilization developed. • surplus (p.118) - more of something than is needed • empire (p.123) - Land with different territories & people under a single ruler • polytheism (p.124) - Worship of many gods • irrigation (p.118) - Way of supplying water to an area of land • Hammurabi’s Code (p.133) - Set of 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon • Babylon [where is it located] (p.132) - Baghdad, Iraq • Gilgamesh (p.128) – Legendary Sumerian King that an epic was written about *Be prepared to discuss the main idea from Guns, Germs, and Steel.
