Grammar/Writing
In the following sentence, which words are noun?
"The confused, bedraggled bat flew fullspeed into the wall.
What are bat and wall?
Name the two 8th grade classroom teachers.
Who are Kyle and Nora?
Mesopotamia means.....
What is the Land Between Two Rivers?
What is cuneiform?
What is the world's first system of writing? or What is a system of writing using wedge-shaped?
What is silt?
What is a rich soil, or soil made of fine rocks and pebbles?
Is this a complete sentence:
" Because of the rain."
What is no?
What is Jackie's last name?
What is Flynn?
Mesoptamia is located in what modern country?
What is Iraq?
What Sumerian invention improved transportation?
What is the wheel?
Why did Sumerian cities have guard towers and high walls?
What is they experienced war and invasions, or were trying to keep others out/protect their cities?
What punctuation would end this sentence:
"I cannot believe the car almost hit you"
What is an exclamation point?
Name 3 of the 6 Panther Ways.
What are Kindness, Respect, Cooperation, Responsibility, Honesty, and Resilience?
What two rivers surround the land of Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
Name two mathematical inventions of the Sumerians.
What are the 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in hour, the 12 month calendar year, 360 degrees in a circle?
What does it mean to say Sumerians followed polytheism?
What is Sumerians believed in many gods?
Give an example of a supporting sentence for this topic sentence:
"Making dinner at home is a better choice than eating takeout."
Answers will vary.
"It is easier to control the ingredients and make the meal healthy." "It is cheaper to use items you already own than pay for takeout." "Making dinner at home offers a chance to bond with family..."
What number is Jon's office?
What is 225?
Why was Mesopotamia also referred to as the Fertile Crescent (explain both parts!)?
What is the area is shaped like a crescent/croissant and the rich silt makes the area a good place to farm?
Explain what a ziggurat is and why it was important.
What is the ziggurat is a temple and the center or Sumerian life?
What is the difference between pictographs and cuneiform?
Name the 4 types of sentences.
What are exclamatory, interrogative, imperative, and declarative?
What is 112?
Name the top two social classes in Sumerian
Society.
What are Kings and Priests/Priestesses?
What Sumerian Invention used the wheel to improve farming techniques?
What is the plow?
Which of these is not a Sumerian invention?
Plow, wheel, farming, ziggurats, 60 minute hour?
What is farming?