Characteristics of a Civilization
The S's
Government/Religion
Arts/Technology
Writing and the whole enchilada
100
This characteristic ensures that the people of a society have the food they need to survive
What is a Stable Food Supply
100
Priests lived in this type of house and where was it located
What is a two story house in the center of the city
100
Sumerian city states were ruled by these people?
What are kings
100
A typical Sumerian musical instrument
What is the lyre
100
Latin word for "wedge"
What is cuneiform
200
When you have social levels and jobs you have this
What is a Social Structure.
200
Canals , dams, and reservoirs helped make up this system
What is Irrigation
200
These religious towers were essential to Sumerian beliefs
What is a ziggurat
200
Sumerians believed music brought....
What are joy to the gods and people alike
200
Are symbols that stand for real objects
What are pictographs
300
This involves a set of beliefs
What is Religion
300
The first plow was made from this
What is wood
300
What were two duties of the Sumerian king
What are enforcing laws and collecting taxes
300
These are flat bottomed carts
What are sledges
300
Name two Sumerian city-states
What are Ur, Uruk, or Lagash
400
Plows, arches, and wheels are examples of this
What is Technology
400
Luxury items we essential to this class of people
What is upper class
400
This person was in charge of recording laws
Who is a scribe
400
What was the one technological invention that the Sumerians perfected
What is the wheel
400
What famous archaeologist discovered what we now know about Mesopotamia
Who is Leonard Woolley
500
Pictographs and Cuneiform are examples of this
What is Writing
500
What are two key things that helped create a stable food supply?
What are irrigation and the invention of the plow
500
This term refers to a religious system where there are many gods to believe in
What is polytheism
500
A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people
What is culture
500
Name two reasons way Mesopotamia is considered the cradle of civilization
What are: 1. They survived in a difficult environment by creating a stable food supply and starting city-states 2. They created viable "civilization" characteristics that paved the way for others.
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