Ancient Sumer
What is a civilization?
A civilization is a society that helps develop arts, sciences, and organization.
City-states
Where is it located?
Middle East, between Euphrates and Tigris rivers
What are politics?
the way people living in groups make decisions
Mesopotamians were the first people to mass produce _________________.
Bricks
What are artifacts?
Things from the past
People tried to live in the most _______________ and ____________ places possible.
fertile, safest
What does Mesopotamia mean?
between two rivers
Politicians and other people form a ______________.
government
The Mesopotamians creates ____________ to live in.
cities
What makes a civilization?
stable food supply, social structure, system of government, religious system, highly developed way of life, advances in technology, highly developed written language
How does water get from Tigris and Euphrates to the farms?
irrigation systems
As farmers, what did Mesopotamians learn?
to domesticate animals and grow crops
What is the economy?
The way people spend and make money
Why is the wheel important?
It was a pivotal invention that inspired other inventions
How did Sumer create a stable food supply?
irrigation systems, plow
What is irrigation?
water systems
Why was farming important to humans?
food and labor
What did the economy come from?
Trade
Why was the invention of time important?
we still use it today
Why was Sumer a civilization?
arts, sciences, organization
How were irrigation systems built?
Manual labor of villages working together.
If you don't move around all of the time, what can develop?
community, jobs, and trade
What are imports and exports?
Things traded into the country and things traded out of the country
What was the name of the board game Sumerians played?
The Royal Game of Ur