Study Guide: Middle East Unit Test – Tuesday, Dec. 17th –
Work on memorizing map on ME 43 (Fertile Crescent) & political map on ME 16
- Focus on highlighted areas Students should be checking the social studies website for the following:
Link to Study Stack – includes vocab. & big ideas
Blank Fertile Crescent Map
Middle East Political Map
This Study Guide is posted
Information to focus on:
Fertile Crescent:
- large arc of fertile farmland
- people wanted to reside there because of the rich soil
Mesopotamia = “the land between the rivers” – the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Writing – began with pictures, recorded on tablets, & was first used to keep business
records
Hammurabi’s Code – first written list of laws
Hammurabi & Nebuchadnezzar – built up Babylon
Some Phoenician Achievements: alphabet, found city of Carthage, and sailed ships for
trade in the Mediterranean
City-state - a city and all the countryside around it; each city-state wanted to have
enough farmland to grow food therefore the city-states fought each other
Irrigation – a way of supplying water
Division of Labor –a type of arrangement where people do different tasks
Canals – human-made waterways; used to irrigate the fields
Chariot – a wheeled, horse-drawn battle car (Hittites & Assyrians)
Social Hierarchy – grouping people by rank or class; depended on their wealth &
occupation
Ziggurat – pyramid shaped temple tower; its height was to honor the gods
Scribes – important people who could read & write
Surplus – more than enough
Geography – the study of the world and the people who live in it, physical features
Study! Study! Study! Study!
We will be playing a Jeopardy game on Monday, Dec. 16th in class to help review!
Stay focused.
Bring a highlighter & #2 pencils with erasers to class on Tues. and remember you will
have to read very carefully and be able to choose the BEST answer.