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 Ancient Mesopotamia / Fertile Crescent Ch. 2 - Study Guide 7th Grade World History TAW Ch 2 Study Guide Mesopotamia
Define:
1) Fertile Crescent 2) Scribe
3) Cuneiform
4) City State
5) Ziggurat
6) Polytheism
7) Tower of Babel
8) Assyrians
9) Empire
10) Assyrians
11) Chaldeans
12) Caravans / Bazaars
13) Battering Rams
14) Great Library
15) Hammurabi’s Code
16) Phoenicians
17) Alphabet
18) Monotheism
19) Torah
20) Exile / Diaspora
People:
1) Nimrod
2) Sargon II
3) Hammurabi
4) Gilgamesh
5) Abraham
6) Moses
7) David
8) Solomon
9) Daniel
Essays:
1) Where is the Fertile Crescent? Why was this area so desirable to live in?
2) Explain how the rivers were both a blessing a curse to the people of Mesopotamia. How did the farmers adapt to these challenges? 3) What is Cuneiform? How was it done? Explain the importance and impact of this invention. How did the Phoenicians change this invention? What was its impact? 4) What technologies and inventions did the Sumerians develop that made them “advanced” for their time? The Assyrians?
The Babylonians (Pre-Nebuchadnezzar) The Phoenicians? 5) Explain the importance of Hammurabi's Code of Laws on the advancement of Civilization. Was it fair? Why or why not? 6) Summarize the core religious beliefs of Judaism as identified in the Torah. 7) Explain God's role in the tumultuous history of the Israelites. How could a Jew still believe in His power and His love even through all of the problems?
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