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100
Define what it means to have a stable food supply.
What is that people in a society have enough food to eat.
100
What did the Sumerians call their leader?
What is a king.
100
Where did the Sumerians believe their gods lived?
What is in Ziggurats.
100
Which Sumerians first discovered using wheels?
What is potters.
100
What was the name of Sumerian writing?
What is cuneiform.
200
Why was farming on the plains difficult (before irrigation systems)?
What is the water was uncontrollable.
200
Name two famous kings in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is Sargon, Hammurabi, Nebuchadrezzar
200
Why was music important for the Sumerians?
What is they thought it brought joy to the gods.
200
This technological discovery added strength to buildings, and was a common feature of doorways.
What is the arch.
200
What did Sumerians write on?
What is clay tablets.
300
Why did the Sumerians need to leave the foothills of the Zagros Mountains?
What is they couldn't grow enough food for the size of their population.
300
This group of people wrote down laws.
Who are scribes.
300
These people had the largest, most luxurious homes near the ziggurat at the center of the city. (name two groups)
Who are the priests, landowners, and government officials.
300
Define technology.
What is the use of tools and other inventions to make life easier.
300
What were two important uses for writing?
What is keeping track of food, trade, writing down laws.
400
This invention made planting crops much easier and faster.
What is the plow.
400
This belief held by the people of Sumeria made kings more powerful.
What is that the kings were chosen by the gods.
400
What is the name of the small harp that Sumerians used?
What is the lyre.
400
Explain what social structure is?
What is the different levels of people in a society. It can be based on jobs and social levels.
500
Name and explain three parts of an irrigation system.
What is canals, levees, reservoirs, dams
500
Name three things the king had to do.
What is lead the army, maintain irrigation systems, build temples, appoint officials to help with duties.
500
How did the Sumerians use art as a part of their religion?
What is they made statues that expressed religious belief, they had music in their religious ceremonies, architects designed Ziggurats.
500
Name two groups of middle class citizens who were responsible for making and selling goods.
Who are artisans and merchants.
500
Cuneiform evolved from this simpler form of writing.
What is pictographs.
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