Mesopotamia Bellringers

Mesopotamia Bellringers 1.What is Mesopotamia also known as? The Cradle of All Life The Cradle of Human Life The Cradle of Agriculture The Cradle of Civilization

Mesopotamia Bellringers 2. What is Mesopotamia called today? Iran Iraq Syria Turkey

3. In Greek, Mesopotamia means… Mesopotamia Bellringers 3. In Greek, Mesopotamia means… Land between two seas Land beside two rivers Land between two rivers Land beside two seas

4. What is it called when there is a severe lack of rain in a region? Mesopotamia Bellringers 4. What is it called when there is a severe lack of rain in a region?

What are the two rivers that run through the Fertile Crescent? Mesopotamia Bellringers What are the two rivers that run through the Fertile Crescent?

6. What did the Sumerians build to water their crops? Mesopotamia Bellringers 6. What did the Sumerians build to water their crops?

Mesopotamia Bellringers The first and oldest civilization to develop in Southern Mesopotamia was called _________________.

8. What type of writing is this? Mesopotamia Bellringers 8. What type of writing is this?

9. Write a complete sentence. Mesopotamia Bellringers 9. Write a complete sentence. Why was it important that surrounding regions be able to read and write in cuneiform? Start your sentence like this…. “It was important for surrounding regions to be able to read and write in cuneiform because…”

10. List five items that were traded in the surrounding regions. Mesopotamia Bellringers 10. List five items that were traded in the surrounding regions.

Mesopotamia Bellringers 11. Write a complete sentence! Why was it important that surrounding regions in Mesopotamia trade? Start your sentence like this… “It was important that surrounding regions in Mesopotamia trade because…

Mesopotamia Bellringers 12. Who ordered the first code of laws to be written down ? (He was a Babylonian king.)

Mesopotamia Bellringers 13. In what early civilization (empire) would you find Hammurabi’s Code?

14. What items did the Phoenicians trade with the Sumerians? Mesopotamia Bellringers 14. What items did the Phoenicians trade with the Sumerians?

Mesopotamian Bell Ringers 15. Besides trade items, what other valuable achievement did the Phoenicians contribute to other cultures, including our own? Write and complete the sentences, “The Phoenicians’ most important achievement was the development of one of the world’s first _________. Our own _________came from the Phoenicians.”

What was Hammurabi’s most important accomplishment? Mesopotamia Bellringers Use your NEW BOOK, Chapter 3, Section 4 to locate your answer. This is a text specific question. Your answer will refer only to the text and you will cite your source by putting the page number in parenthesis at the end of your answer. Example… (page 45). What was Hammurabi’s most important accomplishment? You will start your answer like this…. According to the text, Hammurabi’s most important accomplishment was…. (page___).

According to the text, Hammurabi’s most important accomplishment was Mesopotamia Bellringer Number 16 - Answer According to the text, Hammurabi’s most important accomplishment was the first known code of laws, both criminal and civil, that he put together dealing with almost every part of daily life (page 73).

Mesopotamia Bellringers Use your NEW BOOK, Chapter 3, Section 4 for locate your answer. This is a text specific question. Your answer will refer only to the text and you will cite your source by putting the page number in parenthesis at the end of your answer. Example… (page 45). 17. What two advantages did Hittite soldiers have over their opponents? You will start your answer like this…. From the reading of the text , two advantages the Hittite soldiers had over their opponents were…… (page___).

Mesopotamia Bellringer Number 17 - Answer From the reading of the text , two advantages the Hittite soldiers had over their opponents were