Mesopotamia Test Review Guide

Answer the following questions on a piece of binder paper:
Chapter Review
1. Standards Review (pg. 81-82) # 1 – 12
2. Standards Assessment (pg. 83) # 1-7.

Additional questions you should be prepared to answer for the test.

Geography
1. Identify Phoenicia’s primary natural resource and explain and why it was difficult for them to trade it. (pg. 78)
2. What does Mesopotamia mean? (pg. 57)
3. Why is the Mesopotamian region referred to as the Fertile Crescent? (57)
4. Describe why water is important in the development of civilizations. (pg. 60 – 61)

Stable Food Supply
1. What was needed to grow crops? (pg. 57-58)
2. What was the effect of a food surplus? (pg. 58)
3. When did cities develop in Mesopotamia and what was the occupation of most people in society? (pg. 59)
4. What is a plow and what was it used for? (pg. 69)

Writing
1. Be able to identify and describe the difference between pictographs and cuneiform. (pg. 67-68)
2. Know the importance of education parents placed on their children. (pg. 68)
3. What did the Phoenicians contribute to our civilization? (pg. 78)

Religion
1. Describe the Sumerian religion, including its importance in daily life. (pg. 64-65)
2. What is a ziggurat and what was its purpose? (pg. 70)

Government
1. Know what Hammurabi’s Code is and explain why it was important. (pg. 75)
2. What is the name of the person who rules and empire? (pg. 63-64)
3. Why did city-states fight each other? (pg. 63)
4. Read the biography of Sargon and know his accomplishments. (pg. 63)
5. What leaders helped build Babylon into a beautiful city? (pg. 77)

Social Structure
1. Know the significance of the social hierarchy and what occupation occupied each level. (pg. 65)

Technology / Art
1. Describe the advances made in the areas of medicine and mathematics. (pg. 69)
2. Know how music is incorporated into Sumerian daily life. (pg. 71)