Key Terms
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "the land between the rivers"
the king of Akkad
Who was Sargon
the largest and richest empire
What is Babylon
The first settlers were?
Who are hunters and herders
What does central idea mean?
The main important idea/ main thing important to know
What is a large temple, where they honor gods
What is ziggurat
a Babylonian king, who created a code
Who was Hammurabi
this empire had 50,000 army soldiers
Who is the Assyrian Empire
The climate in Sumer (Mesopotamia) is
What is hot and dry
How can you find the evidence in a text?
Read it/underline it
a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state
This king built the Hanging Gardens, one of the ancient wonders of the world
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar
this empire took tribute from conquered people
Who is the Assyrian Empire
The artisans were
Who are skilled workers; made pottery, cloth, tools and weapons
Inventors in Belgium have created a device that might enable thousands of blind people to see. The invention includes a small video camera mounted on eyeglasses.Blindness can occur for many different reasons. One reason is damage to the retina, the membrane that lines the inner eyeball. The retina picks up visual messages in the form of light. Then it sends those messages to the brain through the optic nerve. If a person's retina is not working, messages are not sent to the brain.The Belgian scientists created a tiny electronic device that takes over for a damaged retina. They implant the device inside the blind person's head, just behind the eye. The patient wears a pair of glasses with a little video camera mounted on them. The camera takes pictures and sends the images to the implant in the head.
What is the central idea?
Scientist invented a device to help blind people
a way of writing, representing character names, physical objects, & numbers
What is a cuneiform
king who created world's first empire
Who was Sargon
the Medes joined with this empire, to defeat the Assyrian army
Who is the Chaldeans
What was the role of women in Sumerian society
What is ran the home, cared for children, taught daughters
Inventors in Belgium have created a device that might enable thousands of blind people to see. The invention includes a small video camera mounted on eyeglasses.Blindness can occur for many different reasons. One reason is damage to the retina, the membrane that lines the inner eyeball. The retina picks up visual messages in the form of light. Then it sends those messages to the brain through the optic nerve. If a person's retina is not working, messages are not sent to the brain.The Belgian scientists created a tiny electronic device that takes over for a damaged retina. They implant the device inside the blind person's head, just behind the eye. The patient wears a pair of glasses with a little video camera mounted on them. The camera takes pictures and sends the images to the implant in the head.
Which of the following does not support the central idea?
The scientists are from Belgium
official record keepers
Who are scribes
This Chaldean king reclaim his kingdom from the Assyrians, while the Assyrians were fighting each other
Who is Nabopolassar or Nebuchadnezzar's father
the Babylonian Empire is sometimes called
What is the New Babylonian Empire
Name one person from each social group upper, middle, and lower
Who are kings, priest, warriors, & gov't officials (upper) merchants, fishers, farmers, artisans (middle) enslaved, criminals, and debtors (lower)
In July 1993, Des Moines’ water-treatment plant had to shut down because of raging floodwaters. For 12 days, 250,000 people in the city were unable to bathe, wash their clothes, or flush their toilets. Since the plant was closed, city residents did not even have clean water for drinking. The mayor of Des Moines shut down all but the most essential businesses. Des Moines needed clean water—and fast. Aid came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. If the president of the United States declares a disaster, then FEMA goes in to help. The agency tries to mitigate, or help make better, some of the problems. It finds shelter for people. It repairs buildings and provides insurance money. As a result, people are better equipped to deal with the disaster they are facing.
Name the text structure
Causal