This artifact, found where the ancient city of Ur once stood, depicts scenes of war and peace.
What is The Standard of Ur
100
Sumer and Babylon were located in what present day country?
What is Iraq
100
This was one of the Sumerians strongest beliefs.
What was obeying the will of the gods.
100
A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or a group of people
What is a culture
100
It was first made of stone and could help move carts from place to place.
What is the wheel
200
Sumer was located near this gulf of water to the south
What is the Persian Gulf
200
This high-ranking government official helped record laws
What is a scribe
200
Civilizations have a system of government for two purposes. One is to direct people's behavior. Name the other.
What is make life orderly.
200
These four items, made by metalworkers, were mentioned specifically in the text.
What are weapons, cups, mirrors and jewelry.
200
This name comes from the Latin word for "wedge."
What is cuneiform
300
Sumerians invented two key methods to help them create a stable food supply. One was an irrigation system. What was the second method and why was it necessary?
What is the plow and farmers needed a faster way to prepare the land for planting.
300
Before the plow, farmers used these to poke holes in the earth.
What are animal horns or pointed sticks
300
This bound the people together in a common way of life.
What is religion
300
The Sumerians believed this about music...party over here!
What is it brought joy to gods and people alike
300
This discovery led to wheeled carts for farmers and chariots for the army
What is a wheel flipped on to its edge and rolled forward
400
The Standard of Ur was made of wood and decorated with pieces of shell and this semiprecious blue stone.
What is lapis lazuli
400
According to the Code of Hammurabi if you hurt one of these people you would only have to pay half a fine
What is a slave
400
Theology is the study of religion. Monotheism is the belief in one god. This term is the belief in many gods.
What is polytheism
400
This is a wooden instrument made of a sound box and strings.
What is a lyre
400
Sumerians developed cuneiform around 2400 BCE and based it on a simpler form of writing called this, symbols that stood for real objects.
What are pictographs
500
These seven elements make a society into a civilization.
What are a stable food supply, a social structure, government, religion, highly developed way of life, technology and language.
500
Aside from farming the land and serving in the army during times of war, farmers were also expected to?
What is work to build or repair irrigation systems
500
Sumerians held religious ceremonies where this act occurred, also known as the ritual killing of a person as an offering to the gods was performed
What is human sacrifice
500
Instruments of Sumer were often decorated with precious stones and carvings made of horn to show this.
What is to show how much Sumerians valued/appreciated music.
500
3 parts: The purpose of the Sumerian arch was this, where they were commonly found here. Some historians say the arch represents this.
What is to add strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings, specifically temple entrances and upper-class homes. Historians feel the arch is the Sumerians greatest architectural achievement.