Download Mesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent/ Chapter 3 Study Guide

Mesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent/ Chapter 3 Study Guide
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1.
What 2 land features gave Mesopotamia its name?
Tigris River and Euphrates River
2.
Why did Mesopotamia build canals?
It was a way to control the river’s flow
3.
Why did city-states fight each other for land?
Each wanted to have enough farmland to grow food
4.
What did Sargon’s empire have in common with other Mesopotamian city-states?
They both fought with surrounding city-states
5.
Who served as the link between the Sumerians and the gods?
The priests
6.
What is cuneiform?
Sumerian writing system with wedge shaped symbols
7.
What was the reason that ziggurats were tall?
To honor the gods
8.
What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in the battle?
Iron weapons and chariots
9.
What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet?
The alphabet spread along their trade routs
10. What was the resource for which the Phoenicia was known?
Cedar trees
11. What did both Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar do?
They both ruled and built up Babylon
Urban- city area
Monarch-ruler of a kingdom
polytheism- the worship of many gods
Mesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent/ Chapter 3 Study Guide
12. Which army defeated all the city-states of Sumer and conquered the northern Mesopotamia?
Sargon’s army, the akkadian army
13. Which king became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature?
Gilgamesh
14. What were Sumerian city centers dominated by?
Ziggurats, their temples
15. What sharp tool did Sumerians use to write on clay tablets with?
A Stylus, made from a reed
16. Which city-state rose to power after the death of Sargon I?
Ur
17. When did hunter-gatherer groups first settle in Mesopotamia?
More than 12,000 years ago
18. What determined the amount of land controlled by the city-states?
A city-state’s military strength
19. Can Sumerian women be important religious leaders?
Yes; priestesses
20. What was the Sumerian math system based on?
The number 60
21. Babylon was located near what present day city and country?
Baghdad, Iraq
22. What factor(s) may have limited the growth of Sargon’s empire?
The Syrian desert didn’t have enough farmland
Key & Academic Terms to Study for Test
Rural- countryside
alphabet- set of letters that form a word
empire- different peoples under a single ruler
Fertile Crescent- a large arc of farmland
pictographs- picture symbols
cuneiform- world’s 1st writing system
chariot-wheeled, horse drawn battle cart
social hierarchy- division of society by rank
Epics- long poem; tells story of a hero
irrigation- a way of supplying water to an area
Urban- city area
polytheism- the worship of many gods
Monarch-ruler of a kingdom
Mesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent/ Chapter 3 Study Guide
Urban- city area
Monarch-ruler of a kingdom
polytheism- the worship of many gods