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Chapter 3: Guided Reading Sheet
We
will use guided reading sheets this
year to help you understand your textbook. Please bullet your responses in your own words using short phrases to
answer the prompts. All information on
this sheet could appear on your unit test and in future discussions. This will
be used as your study guide. [NOTE:
(V) = Vocabulary word; in bold or italics.]
Basic requirements:
- Responses are bulleted
- Responses are in your own words
- Responses are accurate
·
Responses are
well organized: Your key points are
clear. You would be able to review/learn
from this.
The two rivers around which
The modern day country that lies
in the area of ancient
(V) Migrating:
Describe the ways in which Sumerians used their rivers:
(V) City-state:
Describe the characteristics of a Mesopotamian city-state. Include where different social classes lived.
(V) Ziggurat:
For what was the ziggurat used?
List the key characteristics of
Mesopotamian religion.
Who went to school in
(V) Cuneiform:
Why did the Mesopotamians need to develop a writing system?
(V) Scribe:
Why is the story of Gilgamesh important?
(V) Hereditary:
What did Sargon I achieve?
Achievements of Hammurabi:
Traits of Hammurabi’s law code:
(V) Surplus:
(V) Reign:
List and briefly describe Mesopotamian inventions and achievements:
For a 4, choose one of the following
options:
·
On a separate
piece of paper, draw a diagram of a Mesopotamian city state. Include information regarding where each
social class lived. Use color and
detail.
·
Create a model of
a ziggurat no bigger than 6 inches.
Include a short written paragraph describing the many purposes of a
ziggurat.
·
Respond to the
following in a well-developed (about a half page) paragraph:
Which achievement of the Mesopotamians
do you feel had the biggest impact on the modern word? Describe how this particular invention or
achievement has helped people today.