Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
100
a metal that is a mixture of copper and tin
What is bronze
100
an ancient sumerian temple that rose in a series of step like levels
What is ziggurat
100
to help control floods sumerians built.....
What is levees canals
100
Belief in many gods
What is polytheism
100
Wedge shaped writing in Sumer
What is Cuneiform
200
The highest ranking leader of a group of people
What is king
200
a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands
What is city-state
200
to help water crops and control flooding sumerians developed......
What is irrigation
200
This person was in charge of grain and the wealth of the city-state before kings
What is priest
200
This invention allowed farmers to move their crops quicker
What is wheel
300
a picture or drawing that represents a word or idea
What is pictograph
300
an amount produced that is in excess of what is needed
What is surplus
300
the land between the rivers is called
What is Mesopotamia
300
The lowest group in the social class
What is slaves
300
This invention led to the development of calendars
What is mathematics
400
a sharpened reed used to press marking into clay tablets
What is stylus
400
flat land bordering a river
What is flood plain
400
The first civilization is called
What is Sumer
400
Sumerians believed that _____________ lived in the ziggurats
What is gods
400
This invention helped farmers break up soil faster
What is plow
500
a person who specializes in writing
What is scribe
500
having little rainfall and warm temperatures
What is semiarid
500
The two main rivers in Sumer are
What is Tigris and Euphrates
500
List the 5 characteristics/traits of civilization
What is advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, advanced technology
500
The Sumerian number system was based on this number
What is 60
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