| Sixth Grade Social Studies
Study Guide
Chapter 6
Mesopotamia
Test Date:Tuesday, November 25, 2008 for section 6C
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 for sections 6A and 6B
Vocabulary
administrator artisan city-state code
cuneiform empire epic irrigation
nomad pictograph plain plateau
polytheism scribe stylus ziggurat
Key Concepts
•Know the importance of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
•Understand the climate problems that the Sumerians faced.
•Explain how irrigation helped give rise to the Sumerian civilization.
•Describe the religion of Sumerians and be able to explain polytheism.
•Know the three classes of society in Mesopotamia.
•Describe the important advances that the Sumerians made in technology.
•Describe the conditions and events that led to the rise of kingship in
Mesopotamia.
•Define empire, referring to Akkad, Assyria, and Babylonia.
•Describe the contributions and advances made by Sargon, Shamshi-Adad, and
Hammurabi.
The test will be multiple choice, fill in the blanks,
matching, and short essays.
Use you handouts, book, and study guide to prepare!!!!!!
G O O D L U C K!!!!!!!!!!!
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