M-STEP Review (7th Grade SS Standards)

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What do historians call the moon-shaped arc of good agricultural land in and around Mesopotamia? Reminder: The name Mesopotamia translates to: "The Land Between the Rivers"

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The Fertile Crescent

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The earliest form of writing in which pictures represented word or ideas:

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Pictograms

Answer explanation

Cuneiform from Mesopotamia and hieroglyphics from Egypt are early examples of Pictograms!

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Which social class specialized in writing in ancient civilizations such as Mesopotamia and Egypt?

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The Scribes

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The division of the people in a society by rank or class:

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Social structure

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A government system that is ruled by a king and/or a queen:

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Monarchy

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A religious system that believes in more than one god/goddess:

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Polytheism

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What role did ziggurats play in Mesopotamian society?

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A temple for worshipping the gods

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What did the Sumerians invent that made it possible for their armies to use chariots?

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Wheels

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A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams:

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Irrigation

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What are some of the protections granted to the Mesopotamians by Hammurabi’s Code that still exist in laws today? Options: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom to petition the government; freedom to vote in elections, freedom to vote if age 18 or older, and freedom to vote in privacy; right to a fair trial, right to a minimum wage, and innocence until proven guilty; right to life, right to liberty, and right to property

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right to a fair trial, right to a minimum wage, and innocence until proven guilty