Mesopotamia Scavenger Hunt

Name _____________________

Mesopotamia: A Beginning Civilization Info Hunt

Directions: Click on the websites above the questions to find the answers.

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/geography/home_set.html

1. What does Mesopotamia mean?

2. What two rivers flowed through Mesopotamia and also Modern Iraq?

3. Describe Northern Mesopotamia.

4. Describe Southern Mesopotamia.

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/home_set.html

5. Describe some things that the Gods of Mesopotamia did?

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/time/challenge/cha_set.html

6. Describe how archaeologists learn about ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia?

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/home_set.html

7. How many years ago did writing begin in Mesopotamia?

8. On what was early writing based and what did they usually write about?

9. As time went on, what did their writing become (another name) and what did they write about?

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/explore/exp_set.html

10. Describe Scribes and tell 4 things that they did that was so important.

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html

11. Take some time to explore this website. Write two or more things that you found interesting.

Constructed by B Jones and updated December 01, 2003
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Background from the following web page http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html