Eats & Beliefs
Places & What Not
Jobs
Who is who
Advancements
100
Enough food for everyone to survive.
What is stable food supply?
100
Archeologist have learned a lot by studying these objects made or used by people in the past.
What is an artifact
100
The king is in charge of these people. Hint he keeps them in his sleevies.
What is the army.
100
This Sumerian was believed to have been assigned his job by the Gods.
Who is the king.
100
Ancient stringed instrument, harp like, invented and played in Sumerian times.
What is a lyre?
200
Flooding was a problem from the rivers in the springtime, so this controlled the flow allowing farmers to supply crops with water and grow food.
What is the irrigation system.
200
The way a civilization is organized.
What is the social structure.
200
These crafts people showed that the Sumerian society developed after the Stone Age.
Who are the highly skilled craftsmen/metal workers.
200
The people or groups that rule a particular region.
Who is government.
200
Invention by Sumerians that made easier the long distance transportation of goods.
What is the wheel?
300
Oxen pulled this object to prepare fields for planting.
What is a plow?
300
The importance of a person in their social structure is known as this.
What is status?
300
This person had the duty to do these jobs; build temples, lead the army, and enforce laws.
Who is the king?
300
Complex culture in which a large nu8mber of humans share common elements or characteristics.
What is a civilization?
300
A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
400
Kings and these Sumerians would most likely eat from gold plates and drink from gold cups.
Who are government officials.
400
The way a civilization is organized.
What is the social structure?
400
Person who writes.
Who is a scribe?
400
A scribe may use these types of drawings of objects to convey information.
What are pictographs?
400
a two wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse.
What is a chariot?
500
Ceremonial acts, usually performed as part of a religious tradition.
What is a ritual?
500
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower where the Sumerians held religious ceremonies.
What are Ziggurats?
500
Scribes wrote down the spoken words of the king including commands people were to follow, these are evidence that Sumerians were not prehistoric.
What are laws?
500
A person who was in charge of conducting religious ceremonies.
Who is a priest?
500
The upside down U or V shaped structure used by builders to supported more weight above it, as in a doorway.
What is an arch?
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