9th Grade
Homework
Due
10/12 No Homework
Due
10/13 Read Handout on Mesopotamia
Week of 10/11 – 10/15
Questions
1. Define city-state, ziggurat, theocracy, empire, patriarchal, polytheistic, cuneiform.
2. Identify Sumerians, Akkadians, Sargon, Hammurabi, Code of Hammurabi, The Epic of Gilgamesh.
3. Explain what the Mesopotamians believed was the relationship between gods and mortals.
Due
10/14 Read Handout on Mesopotamia
Questions
1. Explain Which type of government -- separate city-states or an empire -- would have been most
advantageous to the people living in Mesopotamia?
2. Organizing Information Create a chart showing the achievements made by the Sumerians and list the
effects of these achievements on our lives today.
Achievements
Due
10/15 “Sumerian School Worksheet”
Effects on our lives today