Vocabulary
Things To Know
Achievements of the Sumerians
Sumerian Developments and their Results
Sumerian Problems and their Solutions
100
What is the land between 2 rivers called?
What is mesopotamia.
100
Where was Mesopotamia located?
What is Middle East.
100
Which achievement was the beginning of written language?
What is Cuneiform.
100
What protected people from animals and harsh weather?
What is permanent shelters.
100
What forced people to move to the plains?
What is a food shortage.
200
What is the business of farming?
What is agriculture.
200
What is a society called when it is ruled by women?
What is a Matriarchy.
200
Which achievement do we still use today when we might be sick?
What is medicine.
200
What made it easier to protect oneself from enemies?
What is larger communities.
200
What did the Sumerians invent to help the uncontrolled water supply?
What is levees, irrigation systems, and reservoirs.
300
What is the latest and most advanced period of the Stone Age refereed to as?
What is Neolithic
300
What is a society called when it is ruled by men?
What is a Patriarchy.
300
Which achievement did Sumerians begin to put in their homes to represent the spiritual beliefs?
What is devotional statues.
300
What led to the Regular Food supply?
What is the domestication of animals.
300
What did the Sumerians have to do in order to maintain irrigation systems?
What is to cooperate with other villages.
400
What is a society where all members are equal?
What is Egalitarian.
400
What is a scribe?
What is an ancient record keeper.
400
Name one of the other 5 achievements that we had on the study guide. (not the most important)
What is games.
400
What led to people becoming highly skilled at a craft?
What is specialized jobs.
400
Why did the Sumerians put large walls around their cities?
What is because of attacking villages.
500
What is a society where the ruler is set apart from the rest?
What is Hierarchy.
500
What is a City State?
What is a city and the area it controls.
500
What was the most important achievement of the Sumerians?
What is agriculture.
500
What led to the sharing of ideas?
What is trading.
500
Why did the Sumerians have to cooperate with other villages in order to maintain their irrigation systems?
What is Because all of the villages systems could affect one another if they shut other villages off, or harmed their systems.
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