People in Sumer
These people were at the top of the upper class in Sumer. (Two answers)
Who are Kings and Priests
True or False: The Sumerians were NOT the first people to invent the wheel.
What is "False"?
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is called _________.
What is "Mesopotamia"?
True or False: Most historians think the first civilization began in Sumer.
What is "True"?
A __________ is a period when not enough rain and snow fall.
What is a "drought"?
These people were in the "Middle Classes" in Sumer. (Two answers)
Who are farmers and artisans.
The Sumerians used these for their written language.
What are "Pictographs"?
The rise of _____ allowed people to settle in villages because they no longer had to search for food.
What is "Agriculture"?
At first, cities became important because farmers needed a place to store and trade their _____ grain.
What is "Surplus"?
The flat land by a river is called a __________.
What is a "Floodplain"?
These people were in the "Lowest Classes" in Sumer.
Who are slaves?
People who specialized in writing and were professional record keepers were called...
Who are "scribes"?
True or False: Over time, society and culture grew more complex.
What is "True"?
The city of Sumer had large _____ where people prayed.
What are "Temples"?
The fine soil deposited by rivers is called __________.
What is "silt"?
In Sumer, priests ran society and acted as _____.
What are "Judges"?
Houses in Sumer consisted of a series of rooms arranged around a _____.
What is a "Courtyard"?
An advanced form of culture is called a _____.
What is a "Civilization"?
_____ means to do a job that requires special skills.
What is "Specialized"?
Mesopotamia had hot summers with very little rain. This type of climate is called __________.
What is "Semi-Arid"?
A community that included a city and its nearby farmlands was a called a _____.
What is a "City-State"?
A system used to help water crops is called __________.
What is "irrigation"?
Sumer was a region in southern _____.
What is "Mesopotamia"?
The largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city was the temple. It was called a...
What is a "ziggurat"?
What made Mesopotamia a good region for farming? (Two Answers)
What are "flooding and silt"?