Today’s Title: Mesopotamia GRAPES!

DO NOW/Class WorkComplete Review Questions on the handout. #1-3Yellow group – Louis LeakeyBlue group- Sophie of Catul Hayuk

Homework

• Please write in your agendas• Bring 6 index cards• Finish crossword puzzle ch. 3 • Turn in any missing work • Update notebooks if you received an

NP score (anything below a 2)

Do NowPlease respond to the following in your

notebooks on the left sideWhy were kings and priests in the

highest class?What were the social classes that made

up Sumerian society?How did new tools make life better for

Sumerians?

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Friday Agenda

1. Mesopotamia Review-GRAPES2. Whiteboard review3. Jeopardy Game4. Ancient Civilizations Video5. Finish Posters6. Postcards

HW: Bring construction paper and index cards for next week.

Quiz Time!

• Take out a half sheet of paper! Label it as follows:

Quiz: 6.2.3 Name: Date:

1. 6. Period:

2. 7. History

3. 8. 6.2.34. 9.5. 10.

1. Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Sumerians all relied on floods forA. transportationB. the clay for writing tabletsC. a good harvestD. the copper for tools

2. How did Mesopotamian farmers irrigate their fields?

A. They built canals to carry water from the river to the crops.

B. They allowed the rivers to overflow into the floodplains.

C. They deposited the silt from the rivers on the fields.

D. They built mud walls to dam the rivers.

3. Priests became leaders in the Sumerian city-states to

A. rule the cities in times of war.B. run the irrigation system and

store the surplus grain.C. control the work that people did

for the godsD. directly worship the gods

4. What writing system did different Mesopotamian cultures adopt from the Sumerians?

A. clay tokensB. PictographsC. cuneiform D. stylus

5. Around 3300 B.C., historians believe that the early Mesopotamians developed the world’s first

A. agricultureB. civilizationC. people D. religion

6. Most slaves in Sumer wereA. children who worked to pay off

their parents’ debts.B. taken as prisoners during a war.C. put to work in the ziggurat.D. household servants who helped

rear the children.

7. The early Mesopotamians organized themselves into

A. City-statesB. provincesC. Irrigation districtsD. Ziggurats

8. Because they worshipped many gods, the Sumerians are said to have practicedA. Animal sacrifice B. Hinduism C. Monotheism D. Polytheism

9. The writing system the Sumerians developed using wedge-shaped symbols is called

A. CuneiformsB. PictographsC. Hieroglyphics D. Sanskrit

10. What was the main purpose of a ziggurat?

A. As a place for religious servicesB. As a place to go in time of attackC. To mark the center of the cityD. To be the city’s marketplace

HOMEWORK!!• STUDY FOR YOUR TEST ON • Friday!!• Mesopotamia Study guide

foldables– – use your notes for this!!

• You should be reviewing from the following:– All notes from Unit 2 Mesopotamia– Graphic Organizers– Foldable on Contributions

Jeopardy Time!

• We will play a quick game of Jeopardy!

• In your table groups:– Pick a name using only one whiteboard– We will begin when everyone is sitting in

professional posture!

Early Finishers

check over testGet both worksheets on cartREAD and underline where you found the answerWork on any missing assignments

Lesson Review page 1031. Explain the importance of: Bronze –tools lasted longer and stayed

sharperPictograph –used to keep track of goodsStylus – sharpened reed used to press

markings on a clay tabletCuneiform –people could read and writeScribe – record keepers and highly

respected in society

Main Ideas

3. How did religion affect who was in the upper class? (6.2.3)

4. Why was the plow such an important tool for farmers? (6.2.2)

5. How did writing evolve in Sumer? (6.2.9)

Geography (6.2.1)

• Rivers made agriculture possible

• Challenges included floods, drought, and lack of resources

• “The Land Between Two Rivers” Tigris and Euphrates

Achievements (6.2.9)

• Sumerians developed the first writing system

• Pictographs- “picture writing”

• Cuneiform – wedge shaped symbols

Religion (6.2.3)

• Sumerians worshipped many gods

• The temple was called a ziggurat

• Polytheistic – believed in many gods

Politics (6.2.3)

• City-states were the form of government throughout Sumer

• First, priests ruled in Sumer. Later, powerful men became kings

Achievements forScience & Technology (6.2.2)• Irrigation helped provide

a steady source of water for crops

• Sumerians invented the wheel and the plow

EconomyStandard: _____

• Trade with other city-states• Food surpluses, new technology, and

advanced social organization led to a complex way of life called civilization

• Specialized workers means they can do a job that has special skills

• Cities are crowded- people must learn to live and work together

Social StructureStandard:____

• Social classes in Mesopotamia was divided into several social groups

• Unequal classes• Class systems define who has power

and who does the less desirable jobs• Upper- kings and priests- had a link to

the gods• Middle- free people • Lower- slaves