Religion in Sumeria
Which of these words describes the religion of the Sumerians: Monotheistiic, Paganistic, Polytheistic, or Christian?
Polytheistic.
The name of someone who could read or write in Ancient Sumer was called this.
A scribe.
Every sentence has to contain these two things to be a complete sentence_______________.
A subject and a verb.
These are the events that happen in a story.
Plot.
There are this many continents in the world.
7.
A temple in Sumeria was called this.
A ziggurat.
Cuneiform was written on this type of material.
A clay tablet.
An incomplete sentence is also called a sentence _________________.
A sentence fragment.
This is the "bad guy" in a story.
Antagonist.
If a letter isn't a vowel, it is this.
Consonant.
A religious person in Sumeria was known as this.
A priest.
The Sumerians invented which of the following things: fire and flint, the wheel and the plow, or cars and buildings
I like movies, I especially like action movies is this______________________. (It should be two sentences, not one).
A run-on sentence.
The problem in a story is called this.
What is the world's largest ocean?
Pacific.
Sumerians believed the following of kings: he was chosen by the gods, he was wise and fair, or he only made laws that everyone agreed to
He was chosen by the gods?
The Fertile Crescent means the land between two rivers. What are the rivers?
The Tigris and The Euphrates.
In the following sentence: While going to the movies, he saw an alien.
"While going to the movies" is a ________________, since it introduces the rest of the sentence.
A clause.
This is when the author leaves hints that something bad is going to happen later on.
Foreshadowing.
Who was the first Disney Princess?
Snow White.
Early people created religion as a way to:
1. explain things in nature that they did not understand,
2. relieve their boredom
or
3. help with agriculture
Explain things in nature they didn't understand.
Ancient Sumeria is located in what modern day country?
Iraq.
If you have a list of items, you should separate the items with this punctuation mark.
Commas.
This means having too much pride.
Hubris.
From which country did the Statue of Liberty come?
France.