Mesopotamian society
The term Mesopotamia refers to land between
A - Sumer and Egypt.
B - Uruk and Ur.
C - the Arabian peninsula and the Sinai peninsula.
D - the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
D - the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Another term for a city and the surrounding land it controls is
A - city-state.
B - empire.
C - kingdom.
D - nation-state.
A - city-state.
Most Sumerians practiced polytheism, meaning...
A - They believed in only one god.
B - The belief in multiple gods.
C - The belief that Humans and Animals are one with the earth
D - Priest are the leaders of society.
B - The belief in multiple gods.
A ziggurat is a type of
A - epic poem.
B - writing.
C - religious ceremony.
D - building.
D - building.
In cuneiform, Sumerian scribes used what to represent words, sounds, or ideas?
A - the first alphabet
B - numbers
C - wedge-shaped symbols
D - simple pictures
C - wedge-shaped symbols
A region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) to the Persian Gulf.
A - Mesopotamia
B - Fertile Crescent
C - Babylon
D - Egypt
B - Fertile Crescent
Why did priests play an important role in Sumerian city-states?
A - Priests were at the top of the Sumerian social order.
B - Sumerians believed only priests could communicate with gods to help the city prosper.
C - Priests and temples controlled much of the surrounding farmlands.
D - Sumerians feared priests because they led rituals involving human sacrifice.
B - Sumerians believed only priests could communicate with gods to help the city prosper.
To supply water.
A - Barter
B - Irrigate
C - Well
D - River valley
B - Irrigate
Which is NOT a Sumerian achievement or advancement?
A - Cuneiform
B - Units of time.
C - Bronze metal
D - Fire
D -Fire
Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things.
A - Symbols
B - Mythology.
C - Epic of Gilgamesh
D - Cuneiform
D - Cuneiform