What is person in Sumerian society whose job it was to write :scribe or scribbler
Scribe
100
What is the area of land between two rivers: Oceanport or Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
100
What is a type of government with one ruler : polyarchy or monarchy
monarchy
100
What is a religious temple in Sumer : pyramid or ziggurat
Ziggurat
100
What is the main way people in Mesopotamia made their living : As merchants or through agriculture
through agriculture
200
Who was the first person to rule an empire in Mesopotamia Sargon or Calgon
Sargon
200
What are the two rivers in Sumer : Nile and Amazon or Tigris and Eurphrates
Tigris and Euphrates
200
What is a place that included a city and the farmlands around it: suburbs or city states
city states
200
What is a wedge shaped letters written on soft clay tablets: hieroglyphics or cuneiforms
cuneiforms
200
What came about when not all people had to work at producing food and some could now do other jobs: people stayed home and did nothing or division of labor
division of labor
300
Who was the Babylonian ruler who established a tax system to support the government :Hammurabi or Mrs. Docherty
Hammurabi of course Mrs. Docherty is much too young
300
Where is Sumer located: Greece or Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
300
Which of the following was the most affected by coining money : barter system, religion, warfare
barter system
300
Who were the people who invented a system of writing based on symbols that stood for sounds : Lydians or Phoenicians
Phoenicians
300
What is it called when people produced more food than they needed to stay alive : famine or surplus
surplus
400
Who was the leader of the Israelites who led them out of Egypt: Noah or Moses
Moses
400
What is the settling of Jews outside of Israel: sowing or Diaspora
diaspora
400
What is the reason the leaders in city states waged wars: enlarge farmland or protect it or they were bored and wanted to cause trouble
to enlarge farmland or protect it
400
What is one of the ways the Summerians used to control rivers : bridges or dikes
dikes
400
What is the system in which farmers got their water for their fields : dikes or irrigation
irrigation
500
Who is remembered for compiling a set of laws : SArgon or Hammurabi
Hammurabi
500
What is the Jewish house of worship called: torah or synagogues
synagogues
500
What is the Jewish day of rest : Sunday or Sabbath
Sabbath
500
What was an important difference between the religious beliefs of Abraham and those of the people of Mesopotamia: Abraham believed in many gods or Abraham practice monotheism
He practiced monotheism (belief in one god)
500
What is the result of the food surplus in Sumer : overweight people or complex division of labor developed