Who was the first emperor in history? Hint : He ruled
Sumer.
Sargon
100
Mesopotamians created the first
writing system. This writing
system is called what?
Cuneiform
100
The word Mesopotamia means…
Between the rivers
200
When the Tigris and the Euphrates
would flood, a fine soil would be left
behind. What is this fine mixture of soil
and tiny rocks called?
Silt
200
The Sumerians practiced a belief
in more than one God. What is this
called?
Polytheism
200
They wrote using clay tablets
for “paper” and ________ for
“pencils.”
Styluses made from reeds from the riverbank
200
Mesopotamia is located in what
present-day country?
Iraq
300
Mesopotamia is located in what
larger, arc shaped region of fertile
farmland?
The Fertile Crescent
300
The division of society by rank or
class is called ________.
Social hierarchy
300
Their writing consisted of
picture symbols, or ________.
Pictographs
300
A professional writer is known
as a what?
A scribe
400
In order to keep cities from flooding,
Mesopotamians learned to use ________,
or the ways of supplying water to land
through the use of canals, ditches, and
reservoirs.
Irrigation
400
An _________ is a land with
different territories and peoples
under a single ruler.
Empire
400
Without the Mesopotamian invention
of the ______, we may not have cars,
bicycles, or even trains.
The wheel
400
The Sumerians built large,
pyramid shaped temple towers
called…
ziggurats
500
Because of the surplus of food that
came as a result of the invention of
farming, people were able to have jobs
like crafters, government workers, and
religious leaders. This idea is called
a division of _______.
Labor
500
A _________ consisted of a city
and all the countryside around
it. They also had their own military,
government, and rulers.
A city-state
500
What number was the Sumerian number system
based on?
60
500
A former king, who later
became known as a a beast and
monster slayer in Mesopotamian
literature, became the
first “super hero” in
history.