Geography
Culture
Belief Systems
Government
Science & Technology
100
The rivers that cradled Mesopotamia.
What was the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
Sumerians developed this first writing system made up of wedge-shaped markings.
What was cuneiform?
100
This was the largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city. It was also a temple where Sumerians would go to pray.
What is a ziggurat?
100
This was the form of government throughout Sumer.
What were city-states?
100
This helped provide a steady source of water for crops.
What was irrigation?
200
Mesopotamia was located in this modern day country.
What is Iraq?
200
These were highly respected members of society who were professional record keepers.
What were scribes?
200
The belief in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism.
200
Sumerians invented this important tool to help farmers break up hard soil, which made planting easier.
What was the plow?
300
Flooding rivers enrich the areas around them by depositing this on the land.
What is silt?
300
These people were a part of the upper classes of Sumer.
What were kings, priests, landowners, government officials, and rich merchants?
300
These people were important leaders in Sumer because they worked to satisfy the gods and claimed to have influence with them.
What were priests.
300
Sumerians invented this technology that helped people transport things faster.
What is the wheel?
400
Mesopotamia had this type of climate with little rainfall and warm temperatures.
What is semiarid?
400
These people were members of the lowest class in Sumer.
What were slaves.
400
Sumerians invented this technology that made pottery making faster.
What was the potter's wheel?
500
While the geography of Mesopotamia provided many advantages, it also created these challenges.
What were floods, drought, and lack of resources?
500
These people were considered to be a part of the middle class in Sumer.
What were all free people, farmers, and artisans.
500
Sumerians mixed copper and tin to create this substance that was used to make tools that lasted longer and stayed sharper.
What is bronze?
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