Vocabulary
The temples built to worship the gods.
Ziggurats
Where is sumer located?
Mesopotamia.
When was Sumer made?
3,500 B.C.
What is a city state?
It is an independent city that includes a city and its surrounding territory.
Sumerians made the first calendar based on this item in the sky.
The moon
The practice of farming?
Agriculture
What two rivers is sumer by?
Tigris and Euphrates.
Which society conquered Sumer?
Babylonia
What is the belief in many gods?
Polytheism
Sumerians made _____ to keep track of trades?
What is Cuneiform/writing system
What is agriculture?
The domestication of plants and animals for survival purposes.
What is the capital city of Sumer?
Ur
Using a freshwater source to water crops.
Irrigation
A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money.
Barter
Sumerians made ______ out of 60 to measure time.
A number system.
Fertilizer for crops.
Silt
What is the closest desert to Sumer?
Arabian desert.
The largest ziggurats were ________ stories tall.
7
Which class included farmers and skilled workers?
Middle class
Sumerians made _____ for carts.
A wheel.
Mesopotamia translates to _________
A "land between two rivers"
What body of water did the two rivers that pass by Sumer lead into?
The Persian Gulf.
People who work with their hands.
Artisans
The Ziggurat of Ur honored this moon god.
Nanna
Sumerians wrote on clay tablets using this.
Stylus