If you have not completed the assignment, below are the questions:

The Assyrian Empire

Sections 6.6 and 6.7

1. How did the Assyrian Empire come to power?
2. What famous Babylonian king once defeated the Assyrians?
3. What two new ways did the Assyrians develop for attacking cities? 
4. Why were the Assyrians often referred to as ruthless?
5. Describe the palaces that Assyrian kings lived in?
6. What was the capital city of the Assyrian empire? Along what river was it located?
7. How did the Assyrians improve on the irrigation systems that were a part of Mesopotamian engineering? 
8. What were Assyrian artisans known for? In which ways did they show Assyrian life?
9. Describe how an aqueduct works.
10. How long did the Assyrian Empire last? At its height, how far did the empire stretch?
11. What was the reason the Assyrian Empire fall? Who plundered the empire? 

7th grade Ancient History students have an opportunity to earn extra credit. The directions and rubric are below:

Sumerian City-State Project

Extra Credit

Due Date: Thursday, Dec. 5th

Create a model of a Sumerian City- State using Minecraft/ similar construction program (on Minecraft MUST be on flat-land setting), OR you can create a 3-D scale model. Models must be historically accurate (from the textbook) and depict all 7 characteristics of a civilization in Sumerian society. Each characteristic should have a sign as shown below in boldface. Listed below is what your signs should say.  

Throughout your Sumerian City-State we should see signs.

Sign 1: Title/Student Names – Ex: Jake Paul and Steph Curry Presents: An Ancient Sumerian City-State.

Sign 2: Ancient Sumer flourished in Mesopotamia between 3500 – 2300 B.C.E. Each City- State was like an independent country.

Sign 3:  Moat, city wall. (see p. 39 in textbook)

Sign 4: Stable Food Supply: Irrigation Systems – canals, dams, reservoirs. Farmland with plows, crops, and animals

Sign 5:  Social Structure: We should see houses for Top level, middle level, and bottom level as described on p. 48

Sign 6: Government: We should see military sites or king’s palace.

Sign 7: Religion:  We should see Ziggurat (tallest building) stairway and shrine at the top

Sign 8:  The Arts – Depicts examples of the arts in Sumerian Civilization

Sign 9: Technology – Depicts examples of technology

Sign 10: Writing- Depicts examples of Writing in Sumer

Ancient Sumerian City- State Model Rubric

Student Name(s)________________________________

Title/Name / 4 pts._____ Government/4 pts _____

Time period (sign 2)/ 4 pts.____ Religion/10 pts _____

Moat & Wall/ 5 pts._____ The Arts /5 pts_____

Stable Food Supply /5 pts._____ Technology/4pts ____

Social structure/ 6 pts.____ Writing/3 pts ____

_____/50 pts Total Score

E-mail address:  farkass@dearbornschools.org

Make a video of a tour of your city state, upload it on YouTube, and send me the link.  Or bring in a video file on a usb, or make screen shots.

I will be available Wednesday, November 20, 2019 both before and after school for students who were absent on the testing day or would like a chance to retake the test due to a less than favorable grade.

The test for Chapters 4 and 5 will be moved to Thursday, November 14th. Students have the study guide and all the relevant information can be found in their student notebook.

Students will be assessed on the material for Chapters 4 and 5 this up coming Wednesday, November 13th. The study guides are below:

Chapter 4 Assessment: Study Guide

Directions:  This is your study guide.  You do NOT need to turn this in!  However, you may NOT use this on the assessment.

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states? (sec 1, 6)

1. What does the name Mesopotamia mean? 
2. What allowed Neolithic people to farm in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains? (sec 3)
3. What caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills? 
4. Why did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flood in the spring?  (sec 4)
5. What were some factors that made farming difficult in Sumer? 
6. Describe the environment of Sumer (sec 2, 4)
7. What was the solution to the food shortage for the people in the Zagros foothills?
8. Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer? 
9. Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?  (sec 5)
10. What were the purposes of levees? 
11. What were the purposes of dams and reservoirs?  (sec 4)
12. Why did the people of Sumer construct moats?  (sec 6)
13. What were the walls surrounding the cities made out of? (sec 6)

• ALSO:  Be familiar with the map on page 34, all the physical features and names
• ALSO:  Know all of the BLUE vocab from chapter 4 (fill in the blank, no word bank)

Chapter 5 Assessment: Study Guide

Directions:  This is your study guide.  You do NOT need to turn this in!  However, you may NOT use this on the assessment.  

Which people would have most likely lived in a two-story house near the center of the city?  (Sec 4)

1. A society has a stable food supply if it has enough food for who?  (sec 3)
2. What responsibilities did the Kings have in Sumer?  (sec 5)
3. What was the Sumerian belief that helped make Kings powerful and restore social order?  (sec 5)
4. What were the two inventions that dealt with food supply?  (sec 3)
5. Who lived in mud-brick houses at the edge of the cities?  (sec 4)
6. What was the purpose of the ziggurat (sec 6)
7. Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?  (sec 5)
8. What kinds of things did the Sumerians have for entertainment?  (sec 7)
9. Which invention made it possible for Sumerians to use chariots?  (sec 8)
10. What did Sumerians use to write cuneiform?  (sec 9)
11. What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric (remember definition)?  (sec 9)
12. Records of the goods people exchanged were made on what?  (sec 9)
13. Which invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?  (sec 8)
    • ALSO:  Know all the BLUE words from chapter 5 and 4
    • ALSO:  Know the 7 characteristics of a civilization and their meaning
    • ALSO:  Know map from chapter 4 on Mesopotamia/Sumer- p. 34