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Mr. Refsnider Geography, Grade 7 Name________________________________________ Date _________________________________________ Chapter2 Section1 Outline THE LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS Directions – This worksheet is to help you outline Chapter 2 Section 1 of your textbook and get a better understanding of the geography within the Fertile Crescent. It will help you explain the role of geographic features in the growth of city-states. You will need to read pages 29 – 34 in your Ancient World textbook to answer the following questions. You do not need complete sentences for this activity BUT spelling is important as is being able to read your answers. 1. 2. 3. Caligula – proclaimed himself a god and appointed his favorite horse consul. Nero – murdered his half-brother, his mother, and his wife. What did Sumerian schools teach boys and They adopted the best young man they could find to be some girls? What did graduates of this type emperor. Only the last emperor had a son. of school become? When and where were the first known schools set up? Why were scribes important in Sumer? Why was learning to be a scribe hard work? He created laws to protect women, children, and slaves. He issued a code that made all the laws the same throughout the Roman empire. He reorganized the army so that soldiers would defend their homes. He also encouraged learning. THE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT 4. Where was Sumer located? 5. What special attractions did Mesopotamia have that drew people to settle there? 6. Where does the word Mesopotamia come from? What 2 rivers does it lie between? Interested in using the studies to build things / architecture and engineering were important to the Romans 7. Mesopotamia is part of a larger area called what? How were the Tigris and Euphrates rivers a source of life for the people of Mesopotamia? What else did the two Cement / Put up buildings that were taller than any built before. or entertainment / The Roman roads were used to move y and help communication. 8. They had long admired the Greek achievements. Marcus Aurelius wrote a philosophy book in Greek. Hadrian spoke Greek. Many Roman Interested in ideas / mathematics / philosophy / astronomy rivers supply? 9. Why did the flood waters of the Tigris and the Euphrates bring sorrows? Lines of arches used to carry water over long distances. They would carry water from the countryside to the cities. THE FIRST CITIES 10. By 3500 B.C., what did people see in the growing cites of Mesopotamia in the region of Sumer? 11. Why was it difficult for Sumerians in different cities to unite under one ruler? 12. What is a city-state? 13. What were the streets like in a Sumerian city? 14. Give 2 examples of what life was like at home in a Sumerian city. 15. What were the streets filled with in a Sumerian city? SUMERIAN RELIGION 16. What was/is a Ziggurat? Roman law has been handed down through cultures and is part of our laws in the United States today. 17. What did Sumerian myths promise to the people if they served the gods well? 18. What weakened Sumer’s rulers and exhausted the armies? 19. By 2000 B.C., Sumer was no longer a major power. Who did it fall to in 1759 B.C.? Words I need help with: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.