Geography of Mesopotamia
Traits of Civilization
City-States
Life in Sumer
Religion in Sumer
100
Flat land bordering the banks of rivers that often floods
What is a floodplain
100
Having this allows people to do other jobs
What is a food surplus
100
city and nearby farmlands
What is a city-state
100
These people made up the lower class
Who are slaves
100
Where most rituals took place
What is the ziggurat
200
Climate with little rainfall and warm temperatures
What is a semiarid climate
200
List 2 examples of a complex institution
What is government and religion
200
number of believed city-states in Sumer
What is 12
200
A woman's main role in society
What is taking care of children
200
Belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism
300
"Land Between the Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia
300
Offered types of work, trading opportunities, and had large temples
What is an advanced city
300
The Center of city life
What is a ziggurat
300
List 3 inventions of Sumerians
What is potter's wheel, plow, bronze tools, developments in mathematics, and the wheel
300
Worked to satisfy the gods
Who are the priests
400
More than you need to survive
What is a surplus
400
mixture of copper and tin
What is bronze
400
Early on controlled most of the city's wealth
Who is the priest
400
Wedge-shaped writing
What is cuneiform
400
Where souls of dead people went
What is the land of no return or underworld
500
What people of Mesopotamia built houses out of
What is mud
500
5 Traits of Civilization
What is advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology
500
List 3 city-states
What is Kish, Nippur, Ur, Lagash, Umma, Eridu, Hit, Ebla, Eshnunna, Babylon, Larsa, Uruk
500
Tool used to press markings into a clay tablet
What is a stylus
500
Number of main gods the Sumerians had
What is 4 (gods of sky, wind, foothills, and fresh water)
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