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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

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

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

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

6. What are the two rivers that run through the Fertile Crescent?
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What are the two rivers that run through the Fertile Crescent?

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

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

9. 8. What type of writing is this?
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8. What type of writing is this?

10. 9. Write a complete sentence.
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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…”

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

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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…

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

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

15. 14. What items did the Phoenicians trade with the Sumerians?
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14. What items did the Phoenicians trade with the Sumerians?

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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.”

17. What was Hammurabi’s most important accomplishment?
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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___).

18. 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).

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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___).

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