Download Chapter 3 Scavenger Hunt

Chapter 3 Scavenger Hunt
Mesopotamia
Name _______________________________________
Period_________________
Please use pages 55 through 65 to complete the questions.
1. Earliest known civilizations developed along the
______________________ and ________________________ rivers.
2. Mesopotamia means
“_______________________________________________________________”.
3. _________________________________ civilization in the earliest known
on earth.
4. Sumerians built __________________________ to keep back flood
waters and used water channels to _____________________ crops.
5. A city and its surrounding farmland is a _______________________.
6. Skilled workers were called _____________________________.
7. At the center of each Sumerian city was a temple called a
______________________________________________.
8. There were more than __________________ Sumerian gods.
9. The form of Sumerian writing was called ______________________.
10.It was made up of hundreds of markings shaped
like_________________________________.
11.People who were taught to write were called
________________________.
12.Only ____________________ went to school, but women had
_____________________.
13.List 3 rights women had
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
14.A famous priest king was called ___________________________, many
stories and legends were made up about him.
15.________________________ created the first ______________________ or
group of states under one ruler.
16.The king of Babylon, __________________________, became ruler of
the empire by conquering Akkad and _____________________.
17.Hammurabi is best known for his
______________________________________________________________.
18.Babylon was as important center for _______________________.
19.The Sumerians invented the ______________________ to make
transportation easier, a _____________________ to make farming
easier, and a _______________________, that used wind power instead
of muscle power.
20.The ______________ month calendar was based on the cycles of the
_____________________.
21.The Sumerian number system was based on the number
_____________.
22.The clock was controlled by droplets of _____________________.