MESOPOTAMIA FINAL EXAMINATION

Chapter 2 : The emergence of a civilization

Put on the line:

• Sumerian period

• Mesopotamian

civilization

• Antiquity

• Nile civilization

• Chinese civilization

• Indus civilization

COMPLETE THE LEGEND

NAME THE FIRST 4 CIVILIZATIONS

1

2

3

4

HOW DID GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCE THE FERTILE CRESCENT

CIVILIZATIONS?

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ON WHAT AND HOW DID THE MESOPOTAMIAN WRITE?

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Government

- _______ City-

states with ________

kings.

-The king has ________ power.

________.

Complex government with

_____who collect

______ and

________ all sorts

of data.

Social hierarchy

The king

The Elite

The free men

Slaves

-The majority of the

population are

_______________

_. - ________ have

some rights; they may

____________

and be _________.

They are considered

________ to men.

Religion

-The ______ is a

representative

of gods on Earth

-they believed that the

_______ controlled all

aspects of human life

-Had several gods,

___________ religion

- In order to please the

gods, each city builds

a

__________________

COMPLETE THE DIAGRAM ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE

Hunters and gatherers

Specialized occupations

Civilization

BARTER

Agriculture and husbandry

Writing, Technology, Government and Religion

Food surplus

The invention of writing Why did Mesopotamian invent writing?

Any new invention answers to a need

Why did these people

NEED to writing?

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INVENTIONS

Development of _________ writing, the

most ancient form of writing.

Invention of the __________

Development of the first __________ laws.

Start using the _________

Development of _______ and

__________

Create precise __________,

necessary for agriculture.

- Make the first _____________