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Uruk: The World's First Big City
By Kathleen Rupp
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Question 1
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Where did the world's first city appear?
Egypt
America
Mesopotamia
Question 2
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What makes a city (in ancient times) ?
lots of land
politics, religion & culture
writing & tall buildings
Question 3
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Uruk was located...
between 2 rivers in Iraq
beside the Nile River in Egypt
beside the Tigris River in Iran
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You can SKIP ahead to the next heading "The legacy of Uruk & Mesopotamia"
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"Innovations" means "new things"
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Question 11
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Read the caption to find out who is getting the "laws" from the god Shamash.
Uruk
Sumer
Hammurabi
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The extra food ...
was fed to the animals
fed people who didn't farm, so they could work at other jobs
was taken by the king
Question 5
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Priests shows which of the GRAPES...
(thinking question)
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Question 6
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Cuneiform shows which of the GRAPES...
(thinking question)
Geography
Religion
Achievements
Question 7
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Armies & a king show which of the GRAPES...
(thinking question)
Achievements
Politics (Government)
Social Structure
Question 8
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Who was in the lowest class ?
workers
scribes
slaves
Question 9
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Why couldn't the farmers grow as much grain ?
there was too much rain
irrigation made the soil salty
they decided to grow fruit instead
Question 10
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What problem was solved by "irrigation" ?
(thinking question)
salty soil
too much sun
flooding
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