Sumerians worshiped many gods (gods for nature, war, rain, & wind).
What is this known as?
What is polytheism?
100
This is the name of the wedge-shaped writing developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
100
This is a system of transporting water.
What is irrigation?
200
This is what the "T" stands for.
What is Technology?
200
These are two main reasons why people settled in the Fertile Crescent.
What is fertile soil (good for growing) and access to water?
200
This is a huge pyramid shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked rectangular platforms.
What is a Ziggurat?
200
These were the tools/materials needed to write.
What are clay tablets (damp/wet) and a stylus (reed)?
200
This means that the right to rule was god-given.
What is divine kingship?
300
This is what the "R" stands for.
What is religion?
300
Sumerians had fertile soil for farming, but they still faced these two challenges that affected their crops.
(*200 pts for each reason)
What are floods and dry windy summers?
300
As a result of surplus of food, people had different jobs. These jobs were created as a result of this.
What are artisans and traders?
300
This is what the name cuneiform means.
What is "wedge-shaped"?
300
This was a problem faced by early Mesopotamians.
What is unpredictable rainfall?
400
This is what the "L" stands for.
What is language?
400
This place is made up of all the surrounding land and villages that it controls. Plus, it was independent from it's neighbors.
What is a city-state?
400
The development of these allowed people the time to specialize in jobs. Social divisions were created and agricultural techniques improved, which in turn helped the Sumerians produce a food surplus.
What is the development of villages?
400
This person was trained to write and keep records in ancient times and write in the language of Sumer.
What is a scribe?
400
These are the 2 major city-states in ancient Mesopotamia.
What are Sumer and Akkad?
500
This is what the "E" stands for.
What is economy?
500
Farmers had trouble keeping their crops alive through the hot summer, so they developed this system.
What is irrigation?
500
This is the way the Mesopotamians were able to make their culture richer.
What is trading with people from other areas?
500
Writing was used for several purposes.
The two main uses were:
What is business and trade?
500
This is the application of human intelligence to problems to create new and better ways of doing things.