Ancient Mesopotamia Webquest
Follow the following links as you uncover information about Ancient Mesopotamia.
Exploring the Land of UR
Click below and use the information to fill in and answer the questions that follow.
Go to Link number 1 below to answer questions 1-9.
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/anthro/lost_tribes/ur/mesopo_explor.html
Click on the image that says "activities."
Scroll down until you find the"Land of UR"
Copy and paste the following questions into your own text document. Be sure to space between your questions to leave room for your answers.
1.The Land of UR is also known as __________________ or the"land between two ____________."
2.Click on the map and write down 2 facts about any of the early towns.
3.Scroll down to the timeline. Copy and paste the timeline into your document.
4.According to the timeline, what happened first, the first Zigurat or Cuneiform Writing?
5.Look at the drawing of the ancient Sumerian Home. Copy and paste it into your document. Although they had kitchens, where was most of the cooking done?
6.How is this Sumerian home like yours? How is it different?
7.The Goddess ________ ruled the people of Sumer.
8.How did the people honor the Goddess? Where did they place these to show their respect?
9. Probably the most important Sumerian contribution to civilization was the invention and creation of __________________; the Sumerians even had libraries. Their literary works reveal ________, _____________, and the spiritual aspirations of the Sumerians. Among these works are the hymns and stories of Inanna -- important here because they were recorded at a time when the patriarchy was beginning to take hold, and the position of the Goddess, although strong, was changing.
Ancient Culture and Daily Life
Use link #2 to answer questions 10-22.
http://www.ci.shrewsbury.ma.us/Sps/Schools/Central/Curriculum/ELEMENTARY/SOCIALSTUDIES/Mesopotamia%
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10.Click on Geography 1)
11.WHERE WAS MESOPOTAMIA?
Mesopotamia was approximately ____ miles long and _____miles wide. It was located between the __________ and ___________ Rivers. These rivers flow into the Persian Gulf. The word Mesopotamia means "______________________".
Click on "Religion." Fill in the following information.
12.Each town and city was believed in Mesopotamia, to be protected by its own, unique ______ or _____.
13.The temple, as the center of worship, was also the ______ of every city.
14.Around the year 2000 B.C., temple towers began to be built to link heaven and earth. The towers, called _________, were very large, pyramid-shaped structures on top of which the temple was built. The _______ were built of ______ ______ with 3 to 7 terraced levels.
15.The Mesopotamians believed that these pyramid temples connected _______ and ______. In fact, the ziggurat at Babylon was known as Etemenankia or "House of the Platform between Heaven & Earth".
16. Click on "Clothing." Describe what a typical Sumerian Man and Woman wore. Use details including what clothing was made of and what their jewelry looked like.
17.Click on "achievements." What were "tokens" and how were they used?
18.The earliest form of writing dates back to ______ B.C.
19.People back then would draw "word-pictures" on clay tablets using a pointed instrument called a ________.
20.These "word-pictures" then developed into wedge-shaped signs. This type of script was called __________ (from the Latin word cuneus which means wedge).
21.Who were "scribes?" Why do you think everyone was not allowed to write?
22.Often times, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers would overflow. What might be some of the advantages and disadvantages of this?
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