MESOPOTAMIA
This civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
The river that flooded yearly and made farming possible.
What is the Nile River?
What percent of 100 is 25?
What is 25%?
A car travels 120 miles in 2 hours. What is the unit rate?
What is 60 miles per hour?
What is the main idea of a paragraph?
What is the most important point or message?
The world’s first known writing system was developed here.
What is cuneiform?
Writing system using pictures and symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
What percent of 50 is 10?
What is 20%?
A pack of 12 pencils costs $3. What is the unit rate?
What is $0.25 per pencil?
A paragraph mostly describes how bees make honey. What is the main idea?
What is “Bees work together to make honey”?
A famous set of laws created by a Babylonian king.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Large tombs built for pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
What percent of 80 is 40?
What is 50%?
A student reads 90 pages in 3 days. What is the unit rate?
What is 30 pages per day?
Why is identifying the main idea important when reading?
What is to understand what the text is mostly about?
Mesopotamians built these step pyramid temples.
What are ziggurats?
Egyptian process of preserving bodies after death.
What is mummification?
What percent of 200 is 30?
What is 15%?
A runner completes 5 miles in 40 minutes. What is the unit rate in miles per minute?
What is 0.125 miles per minute?
Read: Rainforests are home to thousands of animals. They help clean Earth’s air. Many medicines come from rainforest plants.
What is the main idea?
What is “Rainforests are important to the planet”?
This group conquered Mesopotamia and improved iron weapons.
Who were the Assyrians?
Egyptian ruler believed to be a god on Earth.
What is a pharaoh?
What percent of 60 is 45?
What is 75%?
A 15-pound bag of rice costs $12. What is the unit rate per pound?
What is $0.80 per pound?
Which sentence best states the main idea of an informational article?
What is the topic sentence?