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Mesopotamia and the Fertile
Crescent
Please study your Powerpoint slides!
The format of this exam will be:
 Multiple Choice
 Short Answer Questions
To do well on this exam, you must study:
 Your Power point slides
 Your structured class notes
To do well on this exam, you must know:
 Where did the first civilizations start?
 What is the Fertile Crescent?
 What is irrigation? How did Mesopotamians use irrigation?
 What is a canal?
 What is a surplus?
 What is a division of labor? What would be the advantage of a division of labor?
 What society was the first advanced culture?
 Where did the Sumerians live? (hint: describe rural and urban)
 What is a city-state?
 Who was Gilgamesh?
 What was the roles of man and women in Sumer?
 What is an empire?
 What is polytheism?
 What was a priest’s duties?
 What is a social hierarchy?
 What advances helped the Sumerian culture develop?
 What is cuneiform, pictographs, and a scribe?
 What is an epic?
 What is architecture?
 Describe a ziggurat.
 What is A lyre?
Extra Help:
 Available Friday’s, see a teacher
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