Religion and Leadership
City-States
and Roles of Social Classes
Unavailable and Available Resources
Contributions to Science and Technology and Written Language
Fertile Soil and Irrigation
100
A belief in many gods/goddess is called_____.
Polytheism.
100
What was the largest and most important structure?
A Ziggurat
100
What is a surplus?
More than what they need for themselves.
100
What was bronze made of?
A mixture of copper and tin.
100
What is a floodpain?
The flat land bordering the banks.
200
Who is the highest ranked leader of a group of people?
a King
200
What did the middle class consist of?
Farmers,Fishermen,Artisans,and Merchants.
200
What did they use for bricks and plaster?
mud
200
What were plows used for?
Farming
200
Name the two rivers used to irrigate.
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
300
What did the sumerians build to worship the gods and goddess.
A Ziggurat
300
A city-state is a ______.
Community that included a city and its nearby farmlands.
300
What was clay used for?
Clay was used for pottery and a big variety of tools(cuneiform inscriptions).
300
Name one way the wheel was used.
To transport goods or to help farmers take crops to the market.
300
The fine soil deposited by the rivers is called __________.
silt
400
Name two things kings did to help city-states.
They led the city-states into wars,they took over some of the priest's jobs,maintained the canals,managed the surplus grain and acted as judges
400
People built their houses of walls that were several feet thick to keep out heat.What were these walls made out of?
mud
400
What was a disadvantage of having mud buildings?
They crumbled easily and had to be repaired often.
400
What kind of writing is wedge shaped?
cuneiform
400
As the water flowed down the mountains, it picked up _____.
soil
500
What did the sumerians think of the gods as?
Rich landowners who created humans to work for them.
500
Describe the streets back then.
Narrow,winding.
500
Why did Mesopotamians build mud walls around their village?
They wanted to protect themselves from the invaders,but they didn't have any trees or stone so they used mud instead.
500
What number was the number system based on?
60
500
When the rivers reached the plains, water overflowed into the ______.
floodpain.
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