Name: ________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

Social Studies

This worksheet contains questions and activities about the lessons we have done so far: geography, maps, link between

geography and history, prehistory, Paleolithic and Neolithic, first civilizations, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Babylonia and

Assyria. You may use your journal and History of Our World book as a reference, but do not copy the information literally.

Esta hoja de trabajo contiene preguntas y actividades sobre las lecciones que hemos estudiado hasta ahora: geografía,

mapas, relación entre la historia y la geografía, prehistoria, el paleolítico y el neolítico, las primeras civilizaciones,

Mesopotamia, civilización sumeria, Babilonia y Asiria. Puedes usar tu cuaderno y el libro de historia como referencia, pero

no copies literalmente la información.

If you want to improve the grade you got in your first test, show me that you understand questions 1-5 and I will update

your test grade according to your new result. If you do not need to improve your grade, just start working from question

6. Si quieres mejorar la nota que obtuviste en el primer examen, muéstrame que comprendes las preguntas 1-5 y

actualizaré tu nota de acuerdo a tu nuevo resultado. Si no necesitas mejorar tu nota, simplemente comienza a trabajar

desde la pregunta número 6.

LESSON 1. LINK BETWEEN GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.

1. What is geography? ¿Qué es la geografía?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What is history? ¿Qué es la historia?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Why do historians need to know about geography? ¿Por qué los historiadores necesitan la geografía?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Explain to me what latitude and longitude lines are and what they are used for. Explícame qué son las líneas de

latitud y longitud y para qué se usan.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What type of information can you see in a physical map? And in a political map? ¿Qué tipo de información

podemos ver en un mapa físico? ¿Y en un mapa político?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

LESSON 2. FROM STONE AGE TO CIVILIZATION.

6. What was life like during the Stone Age? (During both Paleolithic and Neolithic). ¿Cómo era la vida durante la

edad de piedra? (En el paleolítico y el neolítico).

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. What important skills did people of the Old Stone Age or Paleolithic use to find food? ¿Qué habilidades necesitaba

el hombre del paleolítico para encontrar comida?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. What marked the start of the New Stone Age or Neolithic? ¿Qué marcó el paso hacia la nueva edad de piedra o

neolítico?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. What skills did people develop during the New Stone Age or Neolithic? ¿Qué nuevas habilidades desarrollaron las

personas durante el neolítico?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. What are the advantages of a settled life in comparison with nomadic (migratory) life? Cuáles son las ventajas de

una vida sedentaria en comparación con la vida nómada (migratoria)?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

11. What effect did food surpluses have on people living in towns? ¿Qué efecto tuvo la sobreproducción de comida

en la vida de las ciudades?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

12. Why did cities often grow up along rivers? ¿Por qué las ciudades crecieron a lo largo de los ríos?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. What happened as societies grew into civilizations? ¿Qué sucedió al crecer las sociedades y convertirse en

civilizaciones?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

LESSON 3. MESOPOTAMIA

14. What is Mesopotamia? ¿Qué es Mesopotamia?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

15. How was life in Sumerian cities? Describe what you know about these cities. ¿Cómo era la vida en las ciudades

sumerias? Describe lo que sepas de estas ciudades.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

16. What were the religious beliefs of Summerians? ¿Cuáles eran las creencias religiosas de los sumerios?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

17. What was a ziggurat? ¿Qué es un ziggurat?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

LESSON 4. BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA

18. Why did many rulers wish to conquer Mesopotamia? ¿Por qué muchos gobernantes querían conquistar

Mesopotamia?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

19. Who was Hammurabi and what did he accomplish? ¿Quién fue Hammurabi y qué realizó?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

20. What was characteristic of the Assyrian civilization? ¿Qué era característico de la civilización asiria?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

21. Who was Nebuchadnezzar II? ¿Quién fue Nabuconodosor II?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

LESSON 5. THE LEGACY OF MESOPOTAMIA

22. What was the legacy of Mesopotamian civilizations? ¿Cuál fue el legado de las civilizaciones de Mesopotamia?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. What was the most interesting fact about Mesopotamia for you? ¿Cuál es para tí el hecho más interesante de

Mesopotamia?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

24. What would you like to know more about? ¿Sobre qué te gustaría saber más?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________