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Beliefs
100
What would be a good definition of "art"?
Creative expression
100
What would be a good definition of technology?
Tools and inventions
100
Sumer was made up of smaller groups living together in small town-like structures called what?
City-states
100
What is a religion?
Set of beliefs, usually in a god or gods
200
What are some examples of art that were found from Sumerian civilization?
Statues, seals, gold cups, forms of writing
200
What are some tools invented in Sumer?
plow, wheel, chariot
200
What were the three levels of social status in Sumer?
High class, low class, and slaves
200
Were Sumerians monotheistic (belief in one god) or polytheistic (belief in many gods)?
Polytheistic
300
What would be a good definition for "writing"?
Highly developed language
300
What does it mean to have a stable food supply?
Enough food for everyone
300
Who might be members of the high class? Who might be members of the lower class?
High class - government and priests Lower class - merchants, artists, farmers
300
Where did priests live in Sumerian city-states?
Near the temples
400
What did the Sumerians use to write on and write with?
clay tablets and a stylus
400
What were some of the tools farmers used in Sumer to help grow their crops? Name two.
Calendar, levees, plow
400
Who was the ruler of each city-state?
A king
400
Religion was so important to the Sumerians that each city-state had its own what?
god or temple
500
What were the two types of writing used in Sumer?
pictographs and cuneiform
500
What were some of the most important foods raised by farmers in Sumer?
Wheat, animals for dairy
500
What were the government officials who wrote the laws called?
Scribes
500
What were the temples in each city-state called?
Ziggurats