Geography
This was an ancient civilization located in Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
Sumerians built these as temples.
What are Ziggurats?
Lowest social class in Sumer.
What are slaves?
Type of written language developed by the Sumerians.
What is Cuneiform?
This was one of the first written codes of law in history.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means this.
What is "land between the rivers."
Most ancient civilizations (including Sumer) practiced this type of religion.
What is Polytheistic?
This was the name of the Sumerian city where Abraham lived.
What is Ur?
Most important invention of the Sumerians.
What is the wheel?
This common phrase (that is even used in the Bible!) comes from Hammurabi's code.
What is "and eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth?"
The two important rivers in Mesopotamia are these.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The people of Sumer made these to worship.
What are idols?
Sumer was made up of these.
What are city-states?
A method of getting water for crops.
What is irrigation?
The code of Hammurabi contained this many laws.
What is 282?
This region of the Eastern Hemisphere is called _____.
What is the Middle East?
A religion that only believes in one god is called this.
What is monotheistic?
This is the name of the Archaeologist who discovered Ur.
Who is Sir Leonard Wooley?
This invention allows a field to be tilled up.
What is the plow?
These are laws about crimes.
What are criminal laws?
This area of land is known for being excellent farmland and is believed by some scholars to be the site of the Garden of Eden.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The Sumerians believed this was the purpose of mankind.
What is serving the gods?
An example of specialized jobs in Sumer would be this.
ANSWERS MAY INCLUDE: fishermen, soldiers, farmers, artisans, builders.... etc.
We still use this invention of the Sumerians today to keep track of the days of the year.
What is the 12 month calendar?
These are laws about things that are NOT crimes, such as business law, family/divorce laws, etc.
What are civil laws?