Geography
Ancient Sumer
Cuneiform
Random facts
100
What are the names of the two rivers located near Ancient Sumer
Tigris and Euphrates
100
What is a ziggurat?
A worship temple that looked like a pyramid.
100
What is cuneiform
First writing system discovered
100
What unit in Social Studies did we have before this?
Economics
200
What modern day country is where ancient Sumer was located
Iraq
200
Why did people often drink alcohol instead of water during this time?
Water was not the safest to drink
200
What was Cuneiform usually written on
Clay
200
How did farmers irrigate their crops
they dug tunnels or ditches to redirect water
300
What modern day country holds the start of the Tigris and Euphrates river
Turkey
300
What was the offering table for in a Ziggurat
To offer supplies for the Gods.
300
What could cuneiform be used for
Currency, messages, signs, complaints, ect.
300
What was the epic of Gilgamesh
An ancient story about a god king
400
Why was ancient Sumer so fertile?
Looking for a specific word
DAILY DOUBLE
The rivers released silt to make the soil fertile
400
True or False: ancient Sumer was monotheistic
False
400
Is Cuneiform 100% without a doubt the first writing system ever used?
NO
400
Name one city in ancient Sumer
Uruk, Ur, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur
500
Name three modern countries that are located in the fertile crescent
Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, ect..
500
What was an insult that we saw in the video
If you were thrown in a river, the water would turn foul
If you were put in a garden, the fruit would rot.
500
6 pieces of wheat
500
What was the name of the formation Sumer soldier's used to attack with spears and shields
Phalanx