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Mesopotamia from #DiscoveringOurPast #AHistoryOfTheWorld Ch. 4 Lesson 1
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Prior Knowledge: What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
"Land between 2 rivers"
"Land between 2 seas"
"Land between 2 oceans"
"Land between 2 mountains"
2
How did
floods
sometimes help farmers?
It left behind rich fertile soil called silt
Floods never help farmers
3
Why did living in towns lead to the development of
social classes
?
It's natural to organize society based on skill &/or wealth
Mesopotamians didn't have social classes, only hunt/gather
4
Why are scribes important in Sumerian society?
They record history that outlasts people who wrote it
They don't record history, so we don't know Sumerian history
5
What was the name of the
temple
where Sumerians believed their gods lived?
A "Pantheon"
A "Teocalli"
A "Ziggurat"
A "Pyramid"
6
Prior Knowledge: What do we call their system of writing?
Cuneiform
Pictograph
Calligraphy
Hieroglyphs
7
Did the Sumerian civilization believe in
monotheism
(1 god) or
polytheism
(multiple gods)?
monotheism
polytheism
8
What could be considered a Mesopotamian
artifact
? (multiple correct answers)
irrigation canal
Egyptian papyrus
Apple tablet
cuneiform clay tablets
9
Prior Knowledge: What tools did the Mesopotamians primarily use for writing?
Paint & Stone
Reed (Stylus) & Clay Tablets
Reed (Stylus) & Papyrus
Pencil & Paper
10
Which river flowed through the
Western
side of Mesopotamia?
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Jordan River
Moon River
11
What city was located in
Northern
Mesopotamia?
Babylon
Ninevah
Ur
Jerusalem
12
Specialized work
in cities allowed MORE or LESS people to divide up the work based on skill
LESS
MORE
13
How are
social classes
typically set up/phrased?
Upper, Middle, Lower class
Top, Middle, Bottom class
14
How does
studying artifacts
help us learn about these ancient people?
They tell us what skills/tech they had, how they lived, etc.
Artifacts tell us nothing about these ancient people.
15
True/False: Our textbook covers Mesopotamia between the dates of
3000 B.C.
to
500 B.C.
True
False
16
Between which rivers did Mesopotamia lie?
The Tigris & The Euphrates
The Tigris & The Amazon
The Tigris & The Jordan
The Tigris & The Ganges
