1. Today’s Title: Mesopotamia GRAPES! DO NOW/Class Work
Complete Review Questions on the handout. #1-3
Yellow group – Louis Leakey
Blue group- Sophie of Catul Hayuk

2. 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) 

3. Do Now
Please respond to the following in your notebooks on the left side Why 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?

4. Design your own stamp Dear Mom and Dad, Print your name
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Write 3 facts for your postcard about Mesopotamia
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Print your name

5. Design your own stamp Dear Mom and Dad, Print your name
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Write 3 facts for your postcard about Mesopotamia
Your address goes here
Print your name

6. Friday Agenda Mesopotamia Review-GRAPES Whiteboard review
Jeopardy Game
Ancient Civilizations Video
Finish Posters
Postcards
HW: Bring construction paper and index cards for next week.

7. Quiz Time! Take out a half sheet of paper! Label it as follows:
Quiz: Name:
Date:
Period:
History
4. 9.

8. 1. Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Sumerians all relied on floods for A
1. Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Sumerians all relied on floods for A. transportation B. the clay for writing tablets C. a good harvest D. the copper for tools C

9. 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. D

10. 3. Priests became leaders in the Sumerian city-states to
rule the cities in times of war.
run the irrigation system and store the surplus grain.
control the work that people did for the gods
directly worship the gods B

11. 4. What writing system did different Mesopotamian cultures adopt from the Sumerians?
clay tokens
Pictographs
cuneiform
stylus C

12. 5. Around 3300 B.C., historians believe that the early Mesopotamians developed the world’s first A. agriculture B. civilization C. people D. religion B

13. 6. Most slaves in Sumer were
children who worked to pay off their parents’ debts.
taken as prisoners during a war.
put to work in the ziggurat.
household servants who helped rear the children. B

14. 7. The early Mesopotamians organized themselves into
City-states
provinces
Irrigation districts
D. Ziggurats A

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

16. The writing system the Sumerians developed using wedge-shaped symbols is called
Cuneiforms
Pictographs
Hieroglyphics
Sanskrit A

17. 10. What was the main purpose of a ziggurat?
As a place for religious services
As a place to go in time of attack
To mark the center of the city
To be the city’s marketplace c

18. 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
If you have time left over you can have them begin working on their study guides.

19. 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!

20. Early Finishers
check over test Get both worksheets on cart READ and underline where you found the answer Work on any missing assignments

21. Lesson Review page 103 Explain the importance of:
Bronze –tools lasted longer and stayed sharper
Pictograph –used to keep track of goods
Stylus – sharpened reed used to press markings on a clay tablet
Cuneiform –people could read and write
Scribe – record keepers and highly respected in society

22. 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)

23. Geography (6.2.1) Rivers made agriculture possible
Challenges included floods, drought, and lack of resources
“The Land Between Two Rivers” Tigris and Euphrates

24. Sumerians developed the first writing system
Achievements (6.2.9)
Sumerians developed the first writing system
Pictographs- “picture writing”
Cuneiform – wedge shaped symbols

25. Sumerians worshipped many gods The temple was called a ziggurat
Religion (6.2.3)
Sumerians worshipped many gods
The temple was called a ziggurat
Polytheistic – believed in many gods

26. City-states were the form of government throughout Sumer
Politics (6.2.3)
City-states were the form of government throughout Sumer
First, priests ruled in Sumer. Later, powerful men became kings

27. Achievements for Science & Technology (6.2.2)
Irrigation helped provide a steady source of water for crops
Sumerians invented the wheel and the plow

28. Economy Standard: _____
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

29. Social Structure Standard:____
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