Mesopotamia++Chapter+3


 * __ Mesopotamia Chapter 3 __**
 * 1. Mesopotamia is found in the valley between which two rivers? p. 55 **
 * 2. What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek? p. 55 **
 * 3. Name 5 groups of people that lived in Mesopotamia at one time or **
 * another. p. 55 **


 * 4. What was/is the climate like in Mesopotamia? p. 56 **


 * 5. What year did people in Mesopotamia begin farming? p. 56 **


 * 6. What is a city-state? p. 57 **


 * 7. Who were the first government leaders? p. 57 **


 * 8. What is a dynasty? p. 57 **


 * 9. Define: deities, divine right and epic p. 57 **


 * 10. How were the city-states organized (social order)? p. 58 **


 * 11. Explain the man’s role in the household. p. 58 **


 * 12. Explain the woman’s role in the household. p. 58 **


 * 13. How could the men get money or pay off debts? How did the women **
 * get money? p. 58 **


 * 14. List 15 things that Sumerians ate. p. 58 **


 * 15. What was the wealthy Sumerians clothing & jewelry like? p. 58/59 **


 * 16. What was the poor Sumerian people’s clothing/jewelry like? p. **
 * 58/59 **


 * 17. Where in the Sumerian cities would you find the king’s palace? p. 59 **


 * 18. Just by being told where a person’s house was in a Sumerian city **
 * you could tell how much money they had. How is this statement **
 * true? p. 59 **


 * 19. How did Sumerians heat their homes in the winter? p. 60 **


 * 20. Who did the farming in Mesopotamia? p. 60 **


 * 21. What did the Sumerians trade with other countries (export)? p. 61 **


 * 22. What did the Sumerians get from other countries for their goods **
 * (import)? p. 61 **


 * 23. Name and explain the 3 reasons that written language developed in **
 * Mesopotamia. p. 62 **


 * 24. What was the first type of writing the Sumerians used called? p. 62 **


 * 25. What is a stylus? p. 62 **


 * 26. Most children did not go to school…who did get to go to school?p. 62 **


 * 27. What was very unique and shocking about what happened when a **
 * king died? p. 63 **


 * 28. What did doctors and veterinarians mainly rely on to help them heal **
 * people and animals? p. 64 **


 * 29. What were the medicines used made from in Mesopotamia? p. 64 **


 * 30. What three types of instruments did the Sumerians use? p. 64 **


 * 31. Sumerians were one of the first cultures to come up with a written **
 * language. List the 7 other things they were first to do. p. 65 **


 * 32. How did each of the following groups of people influence **
 * Mesopotamia? p. 66/67 **


 * 1) ** Akkadians – **


 * 1) ** Babylonians – **


 * 1) ** Assyrians – **


 * 1) ** Persians - **