Where in the World
These two rivers formed the major geographic boundaries of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This fine soil and mineral material was carried and deposited by the rivers, helping make farmland productive.
What is silt?
I carefully dig at historical sites and study objects left behind by people from the past.
Who is an archaeologist?
Sumerian society was divided into this many main social classes.
What is three?
Sumerian schools were known by this name because students practiced writing on clay.
What are tablet-houses?
This ancient region was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
This system brought water from rivers to crops that were farther away.
What is irrigation?
I was the British archaeologist who excavated Ur and uncovered many Sumerian artifacts.
Who is Sir Leonard Woolley?
Rulers, government officials, and priests belonged to this social class.
What is the upper class?
Most students who attended Sumerian schools were boys from this type of family.
What are wealthy families?
This curved region stretched from the Persian Gulf toward the Mediterranean Sea and included Mesopotamia
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Sumerians built these raised barriers to help hold back floodwaters.
What are levees?
My job was to record business information in writing on clay tablets.
Who is a scribe?
This was the largest Sumerian social class and included farmers, fishermen, merchants, traders, and skilled workers.
What is the middle class?
Sumerian clothing was commonly made from these two materials.
What are wool and flax?
This was one of the first civilizations to develop in Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
When farmers grew more food than their community needed, they created this.
What is a surplus?
I am a skilled craftsman who turns raw materials into finished goods such as pottery, cloth, or jewelry.
Who is an artisan?
Instead of using money, Sumerians often exchanged goods or services directly through this system.
What is barter?
True or false: Education in Sumer was available equally to all boys and girls.
What is false?
Sir Leonard Woolley excavated this powerful Sumerian city-state, where artifacts such as the Standard of Ur were discovered.
What is Ur?
Put these ideas in order from earliest to latest: specialized jobs, irrigation, city-states, food surplus.
What is irrigation → food surplus → specialized jobs → city-states
I am evidence created by someone who actually lived during the time being studied, such as an ancient letter, law, or clay tablet.
What is a primary source?
Better farming helped create specialized jobs because producing this meant that not everyone had to spend all of his time growing food.
What is a food surplus?
Chapter 1 Review - A historian sees an ancient picture of a student holding a clay tablet and says, “The student must hate school.” Is that an observation or an inference?
What is an inference?