The first writing system the Sumerans developed used a system of symbols called
What is pictographs
100
The civilization that arose around 3300 bc in southern Mesopotamia is known as
a. Babylon
b. Persia
c. Assyria
d. Sumer
d. Sumer
100
Because Mesopotamians had a crop______ they were able to engage in trade.
a. failure
b. harvest
c. loss
d. surplus
d. surplus
100
At the top of the upper classes of Sumer were
a. kings and merchants
b. artisans and priests
c. kings and priests
d. artisans and merchants
c. kings and priests
100
Priests conducted religious services at
a. the city gate
b. the city courtyard
c. the grain storehouse
d. the ziggurat
d. the ziggurat
200
Around 3300 bc historians believe that early Mesopotamians developed the world's first
A. agriculture
b. civilization
c. people
d. religion
b. civilization
200
Keeping official records in Sumerian society was the job of
a. merchants
b. priests
c. scribes
d. women
c. scribes
200
The region where the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers flow is called_____
a. the Fertile Crescent
b. Mesopotamia
c. the Persian Gulf
d. Egypt
b. Mesopotamia
200
The highest leader in ancient Mesopotamia was
a. judge
b. king
c. council
d. merchant
b. king
200
The writing system the Sumerians developed using wedge shaped symbols is called what
cuneiform
300
By about 6000 bc farmers in Mesopotamia built_______ to carry water from rivers to their fields.
a. bronze tools
b. canals
c. dams
d. building dams
b. canals
300
The early Mesopotamians organized themselves into
a. city states
b. provinces
c. irrigation districts
d. ziggurats
a. city states
300
A_______ climate is hot and fairly dry
a. drought
b. humid
c. semiarid
d. tropical
c. semiarid
300
The most important structure in a Sumerian city was the
a. citystate
b. ziggurat
c. pictograph
d. stylus
b. ziggurat
300
To scratch wedge shapes and other symbols into tablets of soft clay, the Sumerians used a
stylus
400
The Sumerians mixed copper and tin together to create tools made of
a. bronze
b. gold
c. iron
d. steel
a. bronze
400
The most important structure in a Sumerian city was the
a. city state
b. ziggurat
c. pictograph
d. stylus
b. pictograph
400
Flooding rivers enrich the areas around them by depositing
a. fish
b. oil
c. salt water
d. silt
d. silt
400
Because they worshipped many gods, the Sumerians are said to have practiced,
a. animal sacrifice
b. Hinduism
c. monotheism
d.polytheism
d. polytheism
400
drought means...
a period when not enough rain and snow fall
500
Name two things that the Sumerians invented and tell how they helped to advance their civilization.
Plow, wheel, potters wheel, writing
500
What are the 5 traits of civilization?
1. Advanced cities
2. specialized workers
3. complex institutions (religion and government)
4. record keeping
5. advanced technology
500
When not enough rain or snow falls in an area over a long period of time it is called:
a. a drought
b. a floodplain
c. flooding
d. irrigation
a. a drought
500
Keeping official records in Sumerian society was the job of
a. merchants
b. priests
c. scribes
d. women
c. scribes
500
define: surplus, civilization, polytheism and scribe
surplus: having more than enough
civilization: an advanced form of culture
polytheism: a belief in many gods or goddesses
scribe: a person who is specialized in writing