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Geography of Mesopotamia
The First Civilization
Life in Sumer
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A metal made of copper and tin
What is bronze
100
What was a period of little rainfall called?
What is drought
100
What was the name of the first civilization?
What is Sumer
100
Who was in the upper class?
What is king and priests
100
The leader of of a group of people.
What is king
200
A belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism
200
What natural resource did Mesopotamians use for building houses?
What is mud
200
Why was a priest's job so important?
What is priests were leaders and were in charge of irrigation
200
What role did women play in the social classes?
What is they belonged to all three classes.
200
An advanced form of culture.
What is civilization
300
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia
300
What did the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers provide for ancient Mesopotamians?
What is trade and transportation
300
What types of jobs did specialized workers do?
What is built houses, made jewelry, sewed clothes, created pottery
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What were the two types of written language developed by Sumerians?
What is cuneiform and pictographs.
300
An amount more than needed, such as food.
What is surplus
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An ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple.
What is ziggurat
400
How was irrigation connected to trade?
What is irrigation allowed farmers to grow a surplus of grain which could be traded.
400
Why are food surpluses necessary for civilization to develop?
What is without food surpluses everyone would have to work at providing food.
400
Name three science and technology developments made by Sumerians.
What is mathematics, plow, wheel, pottery wheel, and bronze.
400
An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer
500
A person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper.
What is scribe
500
How did the Mesopotamians change the environment to deal with geographic challenges?
What is They built irrigation canals to deal with droughts and built dams to deal with floods.
500
What did people in Sumer think their gods were like?
What is rich landowners who created humans to work for them.
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Why was the plow such an important tool for farmers?
What is it made farming easier.
500
A type of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings.
What is cuneiform