Click on Where is the Fertile Crescent?
1. The Fertile Crescent got its name because of its ____________________ soil and _________________ shape.
Click on CyberMuseum. Click on pictures to enlarge them if needed.
2. Picture number 2 shows a mountain temple know as a _________________________.
3. This mountain temple honored the ______________________________________.
4. Picture number 16 shows the _____________________ gate, the entrance to Babylon.
Click on Civilization of Mesopotamia - the Sumerians.
5. Look at the map. Name the city-state closest to the Persian gulf. ________________
6. The word Mesopotamia is Greek meaning ___________________________________________________.
Find the section on writing.
7. Sumerian ___________________ is the oldest full-fledged writing that archaeologists have discovered.
8. The Sumerians wrote by ______________ picture representations into wet clay with a pen.
9. They dried the clay to form _____________________.
Click on Babylonia Numerals.
10. Write the Babylonian symbol for number one. ____________________________
11. Write the Babylonian symbol for number ten. ____________________________
Click on Seven Wonder of the Ancient World. Click on the YouTube video and go to full screen to see the names of each one.
12. Name the Seven Wonder of the Ancient World. (Do not list Walls of Babylon as one of them.)
1. __________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________
7. __________________________________________________
Click on Ancient Mesopotamia Daily Life.
13. List the different classes of people:
Top a. _____________________ b. ____________________
Upper Class a. _____________________ b. ____________________ c. ____________________
Middle Class a. _____________________ b. ____________________ c. ____________________
Lower Class a. _____________________ b. ____________________
Bottom a. _____________________
14. Clothing was typically made from ______________________ or _______________________.
15. Most people lived in ___________ brick home. They were _________________ in shape and had _________ to
three ________________.
16. Women wore their hair _____________________, while men had ________________ hair and
_____________. Both _______________ and ____________________ wore makeup.
1. The Fertile Crescent got its name because of its ____________________ soil and _________________ shape.
Click on CyberMuseum. Click on pictures to enlarge them if needed.
2. Picture number 2 shows a mountain temple know as a _________________________.
3. This mountain temple honored the ______________________________________.
4. Picture number 16 shows the _____________________ gate, the entrance to Babylon.
Click on Civilization of Mesopotamia - the Sumerians.
5. Look at the map. Name the city-state closest to the Persian gulf. ________________
6. The word Mesopotamia is Greek meaning ___________________________________________________.
Find the section on writing.
7. Sumerian ___________________ is the oldest full-fledged writing that archaeologists have discovered.
8. The Sumerians wrote by ______________ picture representations into wet clay with a pen.
9. They dried the clay to form _____________________.
Click on Babylonia Numerals.
10. Write the Babylonian symbol for number one. ____________________________
11. Write the Babylonian symbol for number ten. ____________________________
Click on Seven Wonder of the Ancient World. Click on the YouTube video and go to full screen to see the names of each one.
12. Name the Seven Wonder of the Ancient World. (Do not list Walls of Babylon as one of them.)
1. __________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________
7. __________________________________________________
Click on Ancient Mesopotamia Daily Life.
13. List the different classes of people:
Top a. _____________________ b. ____________________
Upper Class a. _____________________ b. ____________________ c. ____________________
Middle Class a. _____________________ b. ____________________ c. ____________________
Lower Class a. _____________________ b. ____________________
Bottom a. _____________________
14. Clothing was typically made from ______________________ or _______________________.
15. Most people lived in ___________ brick home. They were _________________ in shape and had _________ to
three ________________.
16. Women wore their hair _____________________, while men had ________________ hair and
_____________. Both _______________ and ____________________ wore makeup.