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CHAPTER 3

REVIEW. CHAPTER 3. Way of supplying water to an area of land. irrigation. Division of society by ranks or class. Social hierarchy. Picture symbols used for written communication. pictographs. Wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart. chariot.

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CHAPTER 3

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  1. REVIEW CHAPTER 3

  2. Way of supplying water to an area of land irrigation

  3. Division of society by ranks or class Social hierarchy

  4. Picture symbols used for written communication pictographs

  5. Wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart chariot

  6. Amount of land controlled by each city-state depended on . . . Military strength

  7. City located near present-day Baghdad, Iraq Babylon

  8. Mesopotamia means “the land between the . . .” rivers

  9. Being a _____ in Sumer was a way to move up in social class. scribe

  10. Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name? Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

  11. Why did Mesopotamians build canals? To control the river's flow

  12. Why did city-states fight each other for farmland? Wanted t have enough farmland to grow food.

  13. What did Sargon’s empire have in common with other Mesopotamian city-states? Fought with surrounding city-states

  14. Who served as the link between the Sumerians and the gods? priests

  15. What is cuneiform? A form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols

  16. What was most likely the reason that ziggurats were tall? To honor the gods

  17. What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle? Iron weapons and chariots

  18. What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet? Alphabet spread along their trade routes

  19. Sumerians believed that the _____ could bring a good harvest or a terrible flood. gods

  20. Farmers and laborers made u the Sumerian ________ class working

  21. Sumerian city centers were dominated by _______. temples

  22. How did geography influence the development of civilization in Southwest Asia? *Irrigation of rivers controlled water flow (flood/drought)*Fertile Crescent offered rich soil for farming

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