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Name: _________________________ Mod:______ Chapter 2: The Fertile Crescent –Study Guide 1. What two rivers are in the land we once called Mesopotamia? The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers 2. How did the Sumerians keep time? They invented a calendar based on the moon and stars. 3. Who wrote the first known laws? Hammurabi 4. Why was Mesopotamia such a good area for growing crops? The rivers created rich farmland. 5. What are some of the Sumerians inventions? The Sumerians invented the wheel, the plow, and a system of writing. 6. When the Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia, what was the first thing that they accomplished? They learned how to farm and domesticate animals. 7. What tools did Mesopotamians use for writing? They wrote with a reed, called a stylus, on clay tablets. 8. Flooding was controlled in Sumer by: Flooding was controlled by gated ditches & levees. 9. Why were ziggurats built by the Sumerians? Ziggurats were built as temples to honor the gods and goddesses. 10. What was a Sumerian invention that allowed people to work together to meet basic needs? They formed city-states. Know how to identify main idea in a paragraph Know the meaning of positive and negative when it refers to the effects on things Know the definitions for: Myth Caravan Cuneiform Empire Exile Famine Monotheism Polytheism Scribe