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100
how many slides were in the PowerPoint presentation?
what is 25
100
what did the Sumerians use to write on?
What is clay tablets.
100
what were two foods that Sumerians ate?
What are milk, cheese, butter, meet, beer, and veggies.
100
how many rooms did a house have?
it depends on the house.
100
were all temple leaders males?
What is no. there was both priests and priestesses.
200
true or false Mesopotamia was one of the first civilisations.
What is True
200
true or false only boys went to school.
What is false. Girls from wealthy family's went to school.
200
what kind of clothing did women wear in the warmer months?
What are colourful dresses.
200
what was one of the earliest forms of art?
What is pottery.
200
true or false Mesopotamians made Human sacrifices every winter.
What is false. Sumerians made human sacrifices every Fall.
300
did Sumerians believe in the afterlife?
what is no. they did not.
300
what was the hero's name in the epic of Gilgamesh?
What is Gilgamesh.
300
true or false Mesopotamians could not play music because they had no access to any instruments.
What is false. Mesopotamians created their own instruments which they played, sang with, and danced to.
300
what were houses made of?
What is mud and bricks.
300
why did Mesopotamians sing and chant?
they believed it to have healing powers.
400
what animals did the priests read the livers of to find out what the gods wanted for sacrifice?
What is chickens and lambs.
400
what are pictographs?
What is the Mesopotamian form of writing.
400
what are two sports that Sumerians played?
What is rugby, hunting, boxing, wrestling, racing, and polo.
400
what is the hardest kind of art to find?
What is wall art.
400
what is a Ziggurat?
What is the huge temples that Mesopotamians built.
500
How many lesser gods were there?
what is 3000
500
what does this symbol mean? *
What is heaven.
500
could women marry whoever they wanted?
What is no. all marriages were pre-arranged by the father(s).
500
where did family's sleep in hot summer nights?
What is on the roof.
500
along with gods and goddesses what else did Sumerians believe in?
What is demons genies and evil spirts.
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