UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE SLIDES
Mr. Davis/Mrs. Burnette
SS 7
Test: October 31, 2014
Remember!!!
• You should be able to define ALL vocabulary
words located on Pages 2 & 3 of your
Interactive Notebook.
• 15 matching questions on this test!
1. Where is Mesopotamia located…?
• Mesopotamia is located in a region of the
Middle East known as the FERTILE CRESCENT.
• It is in modern-day IRAQ.
• It’s name is Greek for “between the rivers”
• Located between the TIGRIS and EUPHRATES
Rivers
2. Why did people settle…?
• The rivers provided rich silt deposits that
made farming in the region easy.
3. List the events that allowed
Mesopotamia to develop…
• People settled where crops would grow, then
the population would grow (b/c people had
enough food to be healthy), and then villages
formed.
4. What is division of labor?
• Division of labor is a specialization of work.
People would learn to become craftsmen
because not everybody had to farm or raise
food in order to survive.
5. What was the purpose of canals?
• Sumerians needed a way to control the river’s
flow for the crops in their fields and the
pastures their livestock would graze
6. Why did city-states fight each
other?
• Each city-state wanted to have enough
farmland to grow food to feed their growing
populations.
7. Why is Sargon… important?
• He is the first ruler to have a permanent army.
8. How did Ancient Sumerians protect
themselves?
• They built thick walls around the city-state to
keep invaders out and citizens safely inside.
9. What role did the priests serve in
society?
• They served as a messenger or “middle man”
between the Sumerians and their gods.
10. Draw the social pyramid and label
each class
KINGS
PRIESTS
TRADERS/CRAFTSMEN/SCRIBES
FARMERS & LABORERS
SLAVES
11. What job allowed… move up in
society?
• SCRIBES were able to read and write, which
made them very important, especially to
governments and temples.
12. Describe cuneiform
• A form of writing using wedge-shaped
symbols
• Scribes would use a stylus on wet clay to keep
records
13. How did Sumerians practice
medicine?
• Sumerians recorded all of their observations
• They used natural resources to create healing
drugs
• Among these are milk, turtle shells, figs, and
salt
• Treatment was based on symptoms and body
parts
14. Describe ziggurats and their
purpose
• Ziggurats were tall temples built in the center
of Sumerian cities
• They were constructed to honor the gods
15. Describe a cylinder seal and its
purpose
• Cylinder seals were a lot like a modern
signature stamp
• They were artistic, but were rolled over wet
clay to “sign” documents
• They were also used to mark property
16. Who was the first king of Babylon?
• Hammurabi
17. What did he create…?
• Hammurabi’s Code – A set of 282 laws that
dealt with every aspect of daily life
• Every crime had a punishment to go with it
• Social class mattered
• Most thorough set of laws displayed for the
people to see in ancient history.
18. What are the Hittites known for?
• Their skill in ironworking to make weapons
• Their early use of the chariot as a weapon of
war.
19. What are the Kassites known for?
• Lived north of Babylon
• Assassinated the Hittite King
• Ruled afterward for 400 years
20. What do the Hittites and Assyrians
have in common?
• They both were skilled with iron weapons and
chariots in battle.
21. What are the Chaldeans most
remembered for?
• King Nebuchadnezzar and the Hanging
Gardens
• Rebuilding Babylon
• Culture: Rebuilt Sumerian Temples, Tributes to
Sumerian gods
• Education: Astronomy & Geometry, Calendar
22. What do Hammurabi and
Nebuchadnezzar have in common?
• They both were kings that built up Babylon.
Hammurabi with his code of laws.
Nebuchadnezzar with the Hanging Gardens.
23. What is different about the
Phoenicians…?
• The Phoenicians were not invaders of the
Fertile Crescent.
• They attained wealth and power through
trade.
• Traveled by sea
24. What did Phoenician traders…
spread?
• The Phoenician alphabet spread along trade
routes as scribes recorded the goods being
shipped across the Mediterranean
25. Political Units set up by
Phoenicians?
• The Phoenicians established colonies to trade
resources such as silver, ivory, and slaves
REMINDERS…
• KNOW YOUR VOCABULARY (15 matching
questions)
• KNOW THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY (3 questions)
• BE ABLE TO READ AN ARTICLE AND ANSWER
QUESTIONS (5 questions)