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Today’s Title: Mesopotamia GRAPES!
DO NOW/Class WorkComplete Review Questions on the handout. #1-3Yellow group – Louis LeakeyBlue group- Sophie of Catul Hayuk
Homework
• Please write in your agendas• Bring 6 index cards• Finish crossword puzzle ch. 3 • Turn in any missing work • Update notebooks if you received an
NP score (anything below a 2)
Do NowPlease respond to the following in your
notebooks on the left sideWhy were kings and priests in the
highest class?What were the social classes that made
up Sumerian society?How did new tools make life better for
Sumerians?
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Friday Agenda
1. Mesopotamia Review-GRAPES2. Whiteboard review3. Jeopardy Game4. Ancient Civilizations Video5. Finish Posters6. Postcards
HW: Bring construction paper and index cards for next week.
Quiz Time!
• Take out a half sheet of paper! Label it as follows:
Quiz: 6.2.3 Name: Date:
1. 6. Period:
2. 7. History
3. 8. 6.2.34. 9.5. 10.
1. Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Sumerians all relied on floods forA. transportationB. the clay for writing tabletsC. a good harvestD. the copper for tools
2. How did Mesopotamian farmers irrigate their fields?
A. They built canals to carry water from the river to the crops.
B. They allowed the rivers to overflow into the floodplains.
C. They deposited the silt from the rivers on the fields.
D. They built mud walls to dam the rivers.
3. Priests became leaders in the Sumerian city-states to
A. rule the cities in times of war.B. run the irrigation system and
store the surplus grain.C. control the work that people did
for the godsD. directly worship the gods
4. What writing system did different Mesopotamian cultures adopt from the Sumerians?
A. clay tokensB. PictographsC. cuneiform D. stylus
5. Around 3300 B.C., historians believe that the early Mesopotamians developed the world’s first
A. agricultureB. civilizationC. people D. religion
6. Most slaves in Sumer wereA. children who worked to pay off
their parents’ debts.B. taken as prisoners during a war.C. put to work in the ziggurat.D. household servants who helped
rear the children.
7. The early Mesopotamians organized themselves into
A. City-statesB. provincesC. Irrigation districtsD. Ziggurats
8. Because they worshipped many gods, the Sumerians are said to have practicedA. Animal sacrifice B. Hinduism C. Monotheism D. Polytheism
9. The writing system the Sumerians developed using wedge-shaped symbols is called
A. CuneiformsB. PictographsC. Hieroglyphics D. Sanskrit
10. What was the main purpose of a ziggurat?
A. As a place for religious servicesB. As a place to go in time of attackC. To mark the center of the cityD. To be the city’s marketplace
HOMEWORK!!• STUDY FOR YOUR TEST ON • Friday!!• Mesopotamia Study guide
foldables– – use your notes for this!!
• You should be reviewing from the following:– All notes from Unit 2 Mesopotamia– Graphic Organizers– Foldable on Contributions
Jeopardy Time!
• We will play a quick game of Jeopardy!
• In your table groups:– Pick a name using only one whiteboard– We will begin when everyone is sitting in
professional posture!
Early Finishers
check over testGet both worksheets on cartREAD and underline where you found the answerWork on any missing assignments
Lesson Review page 1031. Explain the importance of: Bronze –tools lasted longer and stayed
sharperPictograph –used to keep track of goodsStylus – sharpened reed used to press
markings on a clay tabletCuneiform –people could read and writeScribe – record keepers and highly
respected in society
Main Ideas
3. How did religion affect who was in the upper class? (6.2.3)
4. Why was the plow such an important tool for farmers? (6.2.2)
5. How did writing evolve in Sumer? (6.2.9)
Geography (6.2.1)
• Rivers made agriculture possible
• Challenges included floods, drought, and lack of resources
• “The Land Between Two Rivers” Tigris and Euphrates
Achievements (6.2.9)
• Sumerians developed the first writing system
• Pictographs- “picture writing”
• Cuneiform – wedge shaped symbols
Religion (6.2.3)
• Sumerians worshipped many gods
• The temple was called a ziggurat
• Polytheistic – believed in many gods
Politics (6.2.3)
• City-states were the form of government throughout Sumer
• First, priests ruled in Sumer. Later, powerful men became kings
Achievements forScience & Technology (6.2.2)• Irrigation helped provide
a steady source of water for crops
• Sumerians invented the wheel and the plow
EconomyStandard: _____
• Trade with other city-states• Food surpluses, new technology, and
advanced social organization led to a complex way of life called civilization
• Specialized workers means they can do a job that has special skills
• Cities are crowded- people must learn to live and work together