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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS-MESOPOTAMIA POWER POINT QUESTIONS
1. Between which two rivers does the "Fertile Crescent" (Mesopotamia) lay? (Slide 2)
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2. Name two grains grown by Mesopotamian farmers. (Slide 3)
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3. Analyze the map on Slide 3. What makes Mesopotamia fertile? (Slide 3)
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4. What is supplying water to an area of land through canals or pipes? (Slide 4)
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5. Which places in Mesopotamia became the centers of civilization? (Slide 5)
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6. What was the first civilization developed around 3000 B.C.? (Slide 6)
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7. What were urban areas that controlled outside areas of the city? (Slide 6)
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8. What is an Empire? (Slide 7)
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9. Analyze the map on Slide 7. How far did Sargon's Empire stretch (miles)?
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10. Analyze the picture on Slide 8. Name one feature that made Ur advanced.
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11. What is the worship of many gods? (Slide 9)
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12. What did Sumerian Priests do to try and please the gods? (Slide 9)
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13. What is the division of society by rank or class? (Slide 10)
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14. What was the world's first writing system? (Slide 11)
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15. What are Epics? (Slide 11)
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16. What Sumerian invention revolutionized the world? (Slide 12)
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17. What did the Sumerians create, which helps us keep track of time? (Slide 12)
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18. What is Architecture? (Slide 14)
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19. What is a Ziggurat? (Slide 14)
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20. What river did the Sumerian city of Babylon lay? (Slide 16)
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21. What was Hammurabi's Code? (Slide 16)
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22. Analyze the primary source on Slide 17. How do you think Hammurabi's Code affected citizens of the time?
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23. Analyze the map on Slide 18. Besides Mesopotamia what other country did the Assyrians control?
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24. Which Chaldean King built the wonder of the Hanging Gardens? (Slide 19)
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