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Kid’s Animated History with Pipo – Mesopotamia Part 1 Video Guide
1. What was born about 9,000 years ago?
2. The first civilization was born between which two rivers and was called what?
3. What three countries do these two rivers flow through today?
4. What made it possible for nomads to stop wandering and to stay in one place?
5. What were some of the first jobs or trades?
6. Who invented the first form of writing?
7. What did the Sumerians do with their extra food and goods?
8. The Sumerians were the first to use what for transportation?
9. What is the system called that the Sumerians developed for counting?
10. Who eventually conquered all of the Sumerian cities?
11. Why were the Assyrians able to conquer the region after the fall of King Sargon’s
empire?
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Kid’s Animated History with Pipo – Mesopotamia Part 2 Video Guide
1. What did the Ancient Mesopotamians write on and what was this type of writing
called?
2. Who created the first written law code in history?
3. What was the most famous and strongest city in Mesopotamia?
4. Who was the world’s first historian?
5. One of the 7 Wonders of the World is found in Babylon. What is it?
6. Why did King Nebuchadnezzar build the Hanging Gardens?
7. What were the temples called in which the Mesopotamians worshipped the gods?
8. What did the Babylonians name and what science did they invent?
9. How many days did the Babylonians organize the week into?
10. The oldest written story is written about which legendary hero?
Kid’s Animated History with Pipo – Mesopotamia Part 1 and 2 Video Guide Key
Part 1
1. What was born about 9,000 years ago? civilization
2. The first civilization was born between which two rivers and was called what? Tigris
and Euphrates; Mesopotamia
3. What three countries do these two rivers flow through today? Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
4. What made it possible for nomads to stop wandering and to stay in one place? farming
and raising livestock
5. What were some of the first jobs or trades? builder, baker, shoemaker, farmer, soldier,
ruler, priest
6. Who invented the first form of writing? The Sumerians
7. What did the Sumerians do with their extra food and goods? they sold or traded it
8. The Sumerians were the first to use what for transportation? the wheel
9. What is the system called that the Sumerians developed for counting? sexagesimal
10. Who eventually conquered all of the Sumerian cities? King Sargon
11. Why were the Assyrians able to conquer the region after the fall of King Sargon’s
empire? they had iron weapons
Part 2
1. What did the Ancient Mesopotamians write on and what was this type of writing
called? clay tablets; cuneiform
2. Who created the first written law code in history? Hammurabi
3. What was the most famous and strongest city in Mesopotamia? Babylon
4. Who was the world’s first historian? a Greek named Herodotus
5. One of the 7 Wonders of the World is found in Babylon. What is it? The Hanging
Gardens
6. Why did King Nebuchadnezzar build the Hanging Gardens? as a gift for his wife
7. What were the temples called in which the Mesopotamians worshipped the gods?
ziggurats
8. What did the Babylonians name and what science did they invent? the planets;
astrology
9. How many days did the Babylonians organize the week into? 7
10. The oldest written story is written about which legendary hero? Gilgamesh