Social Structure
How a civilization is organized with different social levels and jobs
What is a social structure?
Name one invention that helped create a stable food supply
What is a complex irrigation system or plow?
These were mainly used for entertainment in Sumer
What are drums and lyres?
Name two ways in which Sumerians expressed their religious beliefs
This person is Ms. Jen's best friend
Who is Ms. Ryann?
An ancient Sumerian who was most likely to live in a large house near the city center
Who were government officials, kings, priests or nobles?
The king appointed these officials to rule the outlying cities
Who were governors?
What are wheels?
Sumerians created a written language called....
What is cuneiform?
This is Ms. Jen's favorite color
What is yellow?
These people most likely lived in mud-brick house on the outskirts of the city
Who were farmers, fisherman, and merchants?
Who were scribes?
This was the most important Sumerian technological advance
What is the wheel?
Sumerians used this to etch their writing in clay tablets
What is a wedge-shaped stylus?
Ms. Jen played this sport through college
What is softball?
This person lead the army and enforced the laws
Who was the king?
The Sumerians were the first people to develop this
What is a system of written laws?
This invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings and was considered their greatest architectural achievement
What are arches?
The earliest examples of cuneiform show that is was used to record this type of information
What are records of information about the goods people exchanged with one another?
This is Ms. Jen's favorite thing to do
Sumerians believed that _________supported the king which helped to reinforce social order
Who were the gods?
This group of people were led by the king. Their duties included defending land boundaries and protecting the city's water supply.
Who were the city-state's army?
This evidence showed that Sumerians lived after the Stone Age
What is copper jewelry?
The Sumerians believed that the gods lived ________
Where are special shrines at the tops of ziggurats?
This is a random fact about Ms. Jen that a lot of people know
What is that Ms. Jen was in the Navy or that Ms. Jen is a 2nd degree blackbelt?