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Mesopotamia Unit Test Study Guide

Recommended resources:

Social StudiesNotebook and Online textbook.

Please do not look up information on the internet because there is too much! Find the answers in the resources above or see your teacher for help. *

What to write on an index card:

Generic Vocabulary: Why iseach of these words important to our study of ancient Mesopotamia? How do they relate to our study of Mesopotamia? Can you use these words in a sentence?

Define Drought-A LONG period of time with little to no rain which can cause

food shortages.

Sentence in historical context- To combat droughts in their new homeland

between the rivers, Sumerians created an irrigation system of canals,

levees and dams to keep theircrops watered.

  1. Define Drought-

Sentence in historical context-

  1. Define Famine-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. DefineSurplus-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. Barter-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. City-state-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. Ziggurat-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. Cuneiform-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. Code of Hammurabi-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. Ten Commandments-

Sentence in historical context –

  1. Judaism-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. Polytheistic Religion-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. Monotheistic Religion-

Sentence in historical context -

  1. Explain the Mesopotamian Social Structure
  1. 4 W’s Akkadians-Who is important? Whatwere their notable achievements? Where did they live, exactly? Whendid they rule Mesopotamia?
  2. 4 W’s Babylonians-
  3. 3 W’s Assyrians-(we don’t study a leader of the Assyrians)
  1. 4 W’s Neo-Babylonians-

People to know: Why are these people important to our study of ancient Mesopotamia? What is their legacy? Why will they be remembered?

  1. Sargon-
  2. Hammurabi-
  3. Nebuchadrezzar II–
  4. Abraham-
  5. Moses-

Places:Why are these places important to our study of ancient Mesopotamia?

  1. Fertile Crescent-
  2. Mesopotamia-
  3. Sumer-
  4. Babylon-
  5. Canaan-
  6. Mount Sinai-

Big Ideas: Be able to explain the following in detail, showing what you have learned throughout our study of ancient Mesopotamia. These are very important. Please spend time preparing to write answers to these questions in RACER format.

29. Be able to identify the 7 characteristics of civilization in Mesopotamian Society, cite specific examples (Think RACER) and explain their importance.

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W

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G

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30. There were four main problems that Mesopotamians had to solve in order for their permanent settlements to succeed. Many of these problems revolved around the resource of water. Explain each of these problems, their solutions and how they helped the first city-states to develop.