Weekly Workbook

Unit: World History Era 1

11/01-11/05
Essential Question: Why do people live the way they do?

1. During class you will be assigned alocation number(there are four that are circled on the map above)
and predict possible advantages and disadvantages that could be associated with early civilizations who
lived there.
Location:
(A) Identify the location number and describe the physical features it shows:
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(B) Predict an advantage:
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(C ) Predict an issue or problem:
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 Guided Reading for Chapter 2, section 1
2.a)What is a scribe?

2.b)Scribes were important because they

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3.What were major attractions for people to migrate to Mesopotamia?

4. What is Sumer?

5. What does Mesopotamia mean? What two rivers is it located in?

6. The _________________ & ____________________ rivers were the source of life for the peoples
of Mesopotamia. In the Spring, the _________________________
picked up tons of topsoil as it rushed down from the _________________ and
_______________________ the land.

7. The floods did not always happen at the __________________ each year. They sometimes
would
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_____________ & _____________ that the next flood would not be so destructive.

8. A city-state is:
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Comprehension Check:
7.Why did the first civilizations start in the Fertile Crescent region?
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8.How does the subtitle “Rivers of Life and Death” reflect the effects of the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers? (Check page 36 if you're not sure.)
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Hammurabi's Code
Page 48 & 49 in World Studies book.

9. What is Babylonia? Why did it become an important center of trade?

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10. Who was Hammurabi?

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11. What was Hammurabi's Code and why was it important?

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Phoenicians
Pages 52-54.

11. Why did Phoenicia become a thriving and wealthy region? (Hint: what did they specialize in and
trade?)
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12. The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to:
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13. Based on what you see in this map and what you now know about Phoenicians answer the
following:

The Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area by: (Hint, what
do the arrows show?)