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Chapter 2/Section 1: “Mesopotamia and Sumer”
Ancient world History Reading Questions
Pages 33-37 Mr. don Owens Room 306
Read the section and then use descriptive answers on the
below questions. NO “ONE or TWO word answers!
The Inside Story
What celebration is going on in Ur?
Whose favor did the people want to gain?
Geography promotes civilization:
What is the “Fertile Crescent”?
What is Mesopotamia?
How did they control flood waters?
Sumer:
Who were the Sumerians?
What is a ziggurat?
What is a city-state?
What is polytheism?
What did the Sumerian gods control?
What group initially had high status in Sumer?
Who replaced this group?
What is a dynasty?
Sumerian culture:
What is cuneiform?
What were styluses used for?
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
What is a scribe?
What is the importance of a math system based on 60?
What were “three” other Sumerian inventions?
Why we’re they important?
What are “three” features of Sumerian architecture?
What is a cylinder seal?
What were the “four” parts of the Sumerian social order?
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What is an empire?
Page 37 Do Question 5 “Critical Reading”.