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Worksheets*Mesopotamia Study Guide
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 48mins
Vocab: the division of people in a society by rank or class
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Vocab: Akkadian leader who built a strong army, expanded trade, and established the world’s first empire
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Vocab: world’s first system of writing using wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets
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Vocab: one of the first written collections of laws that listed rules and punishments to keep order in Babylon
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Vocab: the society, culture, and way of life in a particular region
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Vocab: worship of many gods
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Vocab: the founder of the Persian Empire who united many lands and was known for treating conquered people fairly
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Vocab: territories and groups of people under a single rule
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Vocab: more than what is needed
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Vocab: a large region of rich farmland near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
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Vocab: the king or queen in a kingdom or empire
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Vocab: the method of supplying water to an area of land or crops
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Vocab: the pyramid-shaped tallest building and main temple built to honor and connect with the gods
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Vocab: set of letters that can be combined to form words
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Vocab: when people in a community do different jobs based on their skills
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Vocab: Babylonian king responsible for creating one of the first written sets of laws
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Vocab: an independent city and its nearby settlements/farmland with its own government, laws, military, and economy
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Vocab: Man-made waterways that help control floods, irrigate crops, and transport goods/people
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Vocab: long poems that tell stories of heroes and represent the values of a civilization
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Vocab: a Persian king who organized the empire into provinces, built roads, and improved communication and trade
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Vocab: a type of government ruled by religious leaders who are believed to be guided by a god/gods
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Vocab: a civilization’s inventions and accomplishments that help advance humanity across world history
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True or false: The native people of the Fertile Crescent referred to their homeland as Mesopotamia and were one unified civilization.
True
False
Mesopotamians believed that kings were chosen by
priests
nature
the gods
bloodlines
Who created the world's first writing system?
Sumerians
Phoenicians
Assyrians
Persians
Which civilization was monotheistic?
Sumerians
Phoenicians
Persians
Akkadians
Zoroastrianism is about
ending pain and suffering
helping good defeat evil
providing offerings to the gods for favors
living your best life
Mesopotamia means
(a)
True or false: exchange of money is used in a barter system
True
False
The climate of Mesopotamia was dry, so Sumerians invented
polytheism
irrigation
humidifiers
cisterns
Match the following.
An/Anu
Sky
Enlil
Air, storms, and agriculture
Enki/Eau
Water, wisdom, and creation
Inanna/Ishtar
Love and war
Purple dye was made from what?
A rare flower
Sea urchins
Snails
Butterfly wings
The original alphabet was created by
Assyrians
Babylonians
Sumerians
Phoenicians
Which group of people created the first civilization in the Fertile Crescent?
Sumerians
Akkadians
Persians
Phoenicians
Which king first wrote down and publicly displayed law codes?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Cyrus the Great
Darius 1
This is an example of...
a cylinder seal
cuneiform
pictographs
bronze
Match the following achievements with their purpose
Cylinder Seal
Sign documents and for identification
Plow
Make farming easier
Base-60 System
Keep track of time
Bronze
Create better weapons and tools
Wheel
Transport goods/people easily
What was cuneiform originally used for?
Documenting every-day life for future generations
Keeping track of trade and taxes
Creating coins and currency
Writing laws
Which leader grew and maintained the Persian Empire by allowing those he conquered to keep their religion and culture?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Cyrus the Great
Darius 1
Why was Enheduanna important?
She was the first female author.
She was the first female engineer.
She was the first female scientist.
She was the first female doctor.
Who was the first leader to rule an empire?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Cyrus the Great
Darius I
