First Peoples
Hunter Gatherers can be described as?
What are nomads who would have to hunt and gather their foods. They did not farm.
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "land between two rivers".
Name the two main characters.
Who are Jomar and Zepha
A stringed instrument like a small, U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar
What is a lyre
One of the earliest writing systems, created by etching symbols into clay tablets.
What is a cuneiform
What type of houses did Hunter Gatherers have? (Looking for characteristics, not what they are made out of)
What were small huts that were easy to assemble and take down.
What were Mesopotamian houses built of?
What were sun dried clay bricks
What will the main character's sister do in the city? Who is in charge of what she does?
What is we don't know yet, it is Jomar's job to find her work.
Permanently enclosed marketplace or street where goods and services are exchanged or sold
What is a bazaar
The curved strip of rich farm land located in ancient Mesopotamia
What is the Fertile Crescent
What did Hunter Gatherers eat?
What were roots, berries, and any meat they could hunt.
In between what two bodies of water was Mesopotamia located?
What were the Euphrates and the Tigris
Where did this story take place?
What is Ur
Waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats inland or used for irrigation of crops
What is a canal
Which group made up the top of the Sumerian social structure? (must give both types of peoples). What did each do?
Who were kings and priests.
Kings: Controlled the army, enforced laws, and collected taxes.
Priests: Served the god and performed ceremonies
Hunter Gatherer houses were typically made out of?
What are bones, animal skins, sticks and twigs.
What large buildings were famous in Mesopotamia?
What are ziggurats
Where are the two main characters going, why? List the city, the name of the person, their job title, and why.
Where is to the city Ur to meet Sidah the temple goldsmith because their family has ran out of food to keep them.
Three food types that a typical Mesopotamian family would eat.
What are: barley, wheat/emmer, onions, garlic, lentils, cucumbers, dates, fish, goat milk or cheese, mutton/lamb, goat meat.
An area that includes a specific Sumerian city, along with the farmland surrounding it, its own ruler, and its own gods
What is a City-state
What type of food did the women and children provide?
What were berries, roots, and nuts.
What was the highest point of the temple for? Give an example for the city Ur.
What is the home of the city's god. Nanna lived in the top of the ziggurat of Ur.
When walking to the city, what did Jomar and Zefa eat when they took a break from walking? You must name at least 5 items.
What were a handful of dates, four small, shrunken pomegranates, a thick porridge made of tasteless emmer, a small mixture of almonds and hard raisins, and a single boiled egg in its shell (the last one).
Hulled wheat that was one of the earliest to be cultivated, considered to be an ancient grain
What is emmer
A person specially trained to read and write in Sumer
Who is a scribe