Name: _________________________ Period: __________ Score: _____/50

Definitions: (1 Point Each)____________ Region between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers____________ Flat land bordering a river____________ Fine soil deposited by floodwaters____________ Having little rainfall & warm temperatures____________ Period of little rainfall____________ Amount of a good, such as food, in excess of what is needed____________ Advanced form of culture____________ Ancient region of southern Mesopotamia____________ Political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands____________ Ancient Sumerian temple that rose in a series of step-like levels____________ Belief in many gods or goddesses____________ Leader of a group of people____________ Metal made of copper and tin____________ Picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea____________ Sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets____________ Type of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings____________ Person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper

Bronze King SiltCity-state Mesopotamia StylusCivilization Pictograph SumerCuneiform Polytheism SurplusDrought Scribe ZigguratFloodplain Semiarid

Name: _________________________ Period: __________ Score: _____/50

Main Ideas: (6 Points Each)1. What were the main ideas of Lesson 1: Geography of Mesopotamia?

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2. What were the main ideas of Lesson 2: The First Civilization?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What were the main ideas of Lesson 3: Life in Sumer?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why Does it Matter: (10 Points)Pick any idea from the chapter and let me know why it matters today._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________