The temple tower built by the Sumerians to house the gods.
What is a ziggurat?
100
These V or U shaped architectural designs were usually found above doorways.
What is the arch?
100
The highest job held by any Sumerian man.
What is a king?
100
This was a combination of natural healing techniques and surgery.
What is medicine or a doctor?
100
A city that controls and governs nearby land.
What is a city-state?
200
Kings and wealthy people placed these in their homes to honor the gods, and in hopes that the gods would bless them with long lives, many children, and a successful harvest.
What are statues?
200
This invention helped make both travel and trade much easier and quicker.
What is the wheel?
200
This job gave someone the power to administer religious rights and ceremonies.
What is a priest?
200
These were played for entertainment and to obtain good luck.
What are games?
200
The first civilization, located in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer or Sumeria?
300
It was believed that the gods selected certain people to hold this very important, and powerful job in the city-states.
What are kings?
300
This invention is considered to be one of the most important, and has changed the way people communicate and keep records.
What is writing?
300
A highly sought after job, this required someone to write down laws, treaties, and religious texts.
What is a scribe?
300
This was used to calculate the surface area of farmers' field, as well as to weigh goods and counts bricks for buildings.
What is mathematics?
300
This invention brings water to the crops.
What is irrigation?
400
The number of steps that led to the top of a typical Ziggurat
What is 100?
400
This invention allowed Sumerians to trade with distant lands by increasing their ability to travel by water.
What is the sailboat?
400
This job was responsible for raising livestock.
What is a farmer?
400
Metalworkers made many things, including......
What are weapons, tools, luxury items, axes, knives, saws, hoes, mirrors, necklaces, and statues?
400
An ancient city in Sumer
What is Ur?
500
Along with most homes, Ziggurats were built using this material
What are mud bricks?
500
This is the name of the writing system created by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
500
People who held this job were responsible for entertaining the people in their city-state in local places, such as a tavern.
What is a musician?
500
This invention was a musical instrument that looks much like the modern day harp.