Vocabulary
Sumer Society
Inventions
G & G
Random
100

"Eye for an eye" is also known as what?

Code of Hammurabi

100

What was the center of Sumerian life??

Religion

100

The Sumerian engineers invented what? 

Arch

Dome

Vault

100

what are the 2 rivers surrounding Mesopotamia?

Tigris and Euphrates 

100

Lower class boys and girls received what?

No Education

200

What is irrigation?

Moving water to one place to another

200

These people were at the top of Sumerian society

Patesi or Priests

200

they invented the first _____ veical. 

what is wheeled?

200

Now what country is Mesopotamia in?

Where is Iraq?

200

Domesticating animals and agriculture are a form of what? 

Stable Food Supply

300

What does Mesopotamia mean? 

Land between two rivers

300

What was the purpose of a ziggurat?

-worship gods

-conduct trade

300

______ is a mix of tin and copper.

what is Bronze?

300

After Gilgamesh fought this person, they became best friends

Enkidu

300

A king, president or Pharaoh are all a form of what? 

System of government / Ruler

400

Each city-state had their own what? 

Its own government

400

Food surpluses went to these people

Temples or priests

400

the sumerians came up with a _____  ______ based off 60.

What is a number system?

400

Gilgamesh was king of this city-state

Uruk

400
Art, architecture and music are all signs of what? 

A Highly Developed culture

500

What does theocracy mean? 

These are governments ruled by a priest-king

500

Why was cuneiform invented?

to keep a record of trading with other city-states

500

This is the first written language 

cuneiform

500

Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed this monster

Bull of Heaven

500

The belief in god(s) are all part of what? 

A religious system

1000

Polytheistic means what? 

Belief in more than one god

1000

Most sumerians were what? 

Farmers, Merchants or artisans

1000

Lower class boys and girls received what? 

No formal education

1000

These two bodies of salt water are on either side of Mesopotamia

Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf

1000

This is an advanced state of human socitey.

Civilization 

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