You are a farmer in ancient Mesopotamia and you grow 500 bushels a year. Your family uses 300 bushels a year. How much of a SURPLUS of bushels do you have?
200.
100
He was among the first leaders to have a permanent army.
Sargon I.
100
What was most likely the reason that ziggurats were tall?
To honor the gods.
100
In Mesopotamia, people called the ________ developed the world's first civilization.
Sumerians.
100
A city and its surrounding countryside.
city-state.
200
What is the difference between canals and rivers?
Canals are made by people. Rivers are natural.
200
Sumerian city centers were dominated by what?
Temples.
200
Scribes had power in Sumerian society. What can you conclude from this?
People who could read and write were important.
200
A pyramid-shaped temple tower.
ziggurat
200
The worship of many gods.
polytheism
300
What is the best explanation for why Mesopotamians built canals?
They needed a way to control the river's flow.
300
What factor may have limited the growth of Sargon's empire?
The Syrian Desert did not have enough good farmland.
300
" Sumerians enjoyed music. Kings and temples hired musicians to play on special occasions. Music and dance provided entertainment in marketplaces and homes."
What can you infer from this text?
Sumerian civilization included leisure activities such as enjoying music.
300
Farmers and laborers made up the Sumerian _________ class.
Working.
300
People who perform religious ceremonies.
priests.
400
What is the best way to describe the sequence of events that shows how Mesopotamia developed?
People settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed.
400
What inference can you make about why city-states fought each other for farmland?
Each city-state wanted to have enough farmland to grow food.
400
" After you have finished your assignment and reported to your monitor (teacher), come to me, and do not wander about in the street. "
From this text what can you infer?
Sumerians valued education for their children.
400
Sumerians believed that the _________ could bring a good harvest or a terrible flood.
gods.
400
Despite the growth of cities, Mesopotamian society was still based on _______.
Agriculture.
500
Give me a statement that best represents the development of a civilization.
If they have a steady food supply, people can develop a complex society.
500
Describe the social hierarchy of ancient Sumer.
At the top was the king, followed by priests and nobles. Craftspeople and merchants were the middle class. Farmers were in the working class, and slaves were at the bottom.
500
What is the best way to describe Sumerian advances in medicine?
Sumerians became effective at treating different symptoms and parts of the body.
500
Why was Mesopotamia an ideal place for a civilization to develop?
Mesopotamia was in the Fertile Crescent, an area of rich farmland. With a surplus of food, the population grew. People built cities and developed governments and cultures.
500
Name the most important Sumerian technical advance and tell how it made people's lives easier.
Sumerians invented the wheel. It could be used to make carts and wagons, so transporting people and goods was easier. The Sumerians also used a potter's wheel to shape clay.