Read pages 29-34. See attached PDF for textbook sections. Complete all questions in complete sentences. You do not need to write out the questions... just answer them! Due Friday. 1) Vocabulary Builder: Find one word in the reading that you don't know or are unsure of. Look it up. For each word, write out the word, the definition, and an original sentence that uses the word. This means a sentence that you created yourself using the word, NOT the sentence from the textbook or one from a dictionary.) Choose a regular word, not a social studies key term that is boldfaced in the text. Do NOT leave this blank because you think you know every word -- you WILL lose credit! 2) What were the geographical advantages of the Fertile Crescent? What were some problems? How were they solved? 3) What is meant by the term 'city-state'? How is it different than a 'city'? Why do you think Sumer developed into city-states instead of just cities? Who was in charge of the city-states? 4) What is cultural diffusion? According to the reading, why did cultural diffusion occur in the Fertile Crescent? 5) Draw a chart entitled 'Sumerian Culture' with three columns, 'Religion', 'Social Classes', and 'Ideas and Inventions''. Take notes into the chart. 6) What is an empire? How did Sumer go from being independent city-states to being part of an empire? 7) What areas of life did Hammurabi's Code cover? Do you think the Code helped advance civilization? Why/why not? 8) CREATIVE RESPONSE: Analyze the primary source on p. 33. Pretend you are a citizen of the Babylonian Empire. Write a 2-paragraph "email" (5 sentences per paragraph) to Hammurabi about one of the laws. Explain to your king what you like or dislike about the law, and ask him (respectfully) to keep it, change it, or get rid of it entirely.
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