Monday, December 2, 2013

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Chapter 2 Section 1 Focus Question
What were the characteristics of the world’s first civilization?
Checkpoint Questions and Teacher Questions
What geographic characteristics made the Fertile Crescent a good place for civilization to develop?
When did the first civilizations appear in Mesopotamia?
What geographic feature was this civilization centered around?
What did the Sumerians have to control in order to survive?
What were the building blocks for the first early cities like Ur and Uruk?

How was Sumerian society structured?
What does hierarchy mean?
Who were the people in the highest class?
What was the lowest class?
Describe the social status of women in early Mesopotamia.
What was a ziggurat?
What did the Sumerians believe about the afterlife?
In which book can you read about the afterlife (from this section)?
What is cuneiform?

What advances did the Sumerians make in mathematics and astronomy?
What happened to Sumer over time?
What parts of Sumerian civilization were passed along to other civilizations?



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