Sumer

Mesopotamia

100

Mesopotamia means this.

What is "land between rivers?"

200

These are the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia.

What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?

300

This is another name for Mesopotamia.

What is the "Fertile Crescent?"

400

Mesopotamia is in what modern country?

Iraq

500

What body of water is to the South of Mesopotamia and connects with the Tigris and Euphrates?

A. The Mediterranean Sea

B. The Persian Gulf

C. The Atlantic Ocean

D. The Red Sea

B. The Persian Gulf

City-states

100

Which of these was not a Sumerian city-state?

A. Ur

B. Uruk 

C. Indus

D. Erdu 

C. Indus

200

Each Sumerian city-state had their own ______

gods

300

The Sumerians used these to irrigate the farmlands.

What are canals?

400

What style of government did the Sumerians create (led by a king or queen)?

Monarchy

500

Name two things that made the homes of the average Sumerians different from a ziggurat. 

1. Average homes were 1 floor

2. Average homes could not be painted

3. Only the priests could go into a ziggurat

Religion

100

This was the main building in each Sumerian city.

A ziggurat

200

Who was the only person allowed to enter a ziggurat?

Priest

300

What does monotheism mean?

Belief in only one god. The Sumerians were polytheistic--believed in many gods.

400

True or False: Ziggurats were constructed outside the city walls so that visitors from other city-states could see the power of the gods.

False: Ziggurats were constructed in the center of the city so that they were protected from invasion.

500

In ancient languages, the word "ziggurat" means what?

To rise high, or to rise into heaven

Social Classes

100

This group of people were responsible for running the home and raising children

Women

200

Give an example of one place only boys could go

School

300

A scribe was part of the:

A) Upper class

B) Middle class

C) Lower class

A.  Kings, priests, warriors, and government officials

B.  merchants, farmers, fishers, and artisans.

C. Slaves: prisoners of war and criminals 

400

How was your social class in Sumer decided?

A) Money

B) Skills

C) Education

D) Birth

D) 

People remained in the social classes they were born into.

500

The first kings of Sumer were likely:

A) Rich Farmers

B) War heroes

C) Priests

D) Epics

B) War heroes

Inventions

100

Sumerians invented this type of writing.

What is cuneiform?

200

The Sumerians used this sharp-pointed tool to write on the clay tablets.

What is a stylus?

300

A main job of a scribe was to do what?

keep official records, record events, make copies of documents

400

What number system did Sumer use as its foundation for math and counting?

60

500

What invention did the Sumerians create to make farming and battle easier and more successful?

wheels