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Unit 3 Study Guide- Mesopotamia
Due on Friday 11/18
Using the 7 Characteristics of Civilizations, answer the following questions about Mesopotamia:
1) Cities
What is a city-state?
Why are the cities of Eridu and Uruk important?
2) Government
Why was Hammurabi’s Code important?
What were the king’s responsibilities in Sumer?
3) Written Language
How did cuneiform change the way people in Sumer lived?
Why is the Epic of Gilgamesh significant?
4) Religion
What is a ziggurat?
Describe the religious beliefs of the Sumerians:
5) Social Classes
Complete the chart below by labeling each social class:
A)
B) 1-
2-
C) 1-
2-
D) 1-
2-
3-
6) Job Specialization
What kinds of different jobs did the people in Sumer have?
7) Advanced Technology / Public Works
How did the Sumerians use irrigation?
Why was the calendar a significant innovation?
What was the plow used for?
How did the wheel improve life for the Sumerians?
Geography
What part (region) of the world is Mesopotamia located in?
Circle or label the answer on the map to the right.
(Please be accurate!)
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Which modern-day country is Mesopotamia located in?
On the map to the right, label :
1) Tigris River
2) Euphrates River
3) Fertile Crescent
4) Mediterranean Sea
5) Anatolian Peninsula
6) Red Sea
7) Persian Gulf
Short Answer- Please answer in complete sentences and make sure to give facts/reasons to support
your answer!
1) How did extra food help civilizations become more advanced and powerful?
2) What do you think Mesopotamia’s most important contribution(s) to the world was? Why?
3) If you could change one thing about Hammurabi’s Code, what would you change? Why?
4) If you could be in any social class in Sumer, which one would you be? Why?