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Sumerian Inventions
Sumerian Civilization
Sumerian City-States
Life in Sumer
Vocabulary
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How did sumerian farmers control water?

They invented levees and irrigation canals.

100

Why did people settle the lands between he Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

Floods made the land fertile or good for farming.

100

What was the most important building in Ur, located in the middle of the city-state?

the ziggurat, or temple

100
What did Sumerian merchants do with the Sumer crops?
They traded them for goods from other lands
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What is the name of the first epic written?

The Epic of Gilgamesh

200
What two inventions helped the Sumerians travel?
The wheel and the sailboat.
200

What was one of responsibilities of the scribes?

They kept track of taxes, created contracts, and kept trade records.

200

What led to the decline of Sumer?

Fighting among city-states weakened them, so that outsiders could take over.

200
What did Sumerians use to build homes and temples?
mud bricks
200
To bring water to dry land by means of canals is called what?
irrigate
300
What did the call the wedge-shaped form of writing ancient Sumer used for writing?
cuneiform
300

What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?

The land between the rivers.

300

The middle class was made up of?

farmers, artisans, merchants

300
Who worked in the fields of Sumer?
slaves and other men and boys
300

A wall buildt along a river or sea to hold back the water from low land is called....

levee

400

Why was writing important to Sumerians?

Writing kept track of what they owned; writing led to the invention of a way to measure land, scribes became rich and powerful.

400

What were the highest classes of people in Sumerian society?

priests, scribes, warriors and government officials.

400

What is a city-state?

It has its own government and surrounding land, makes its own laws, and has its own army.

400

Who went to school in Sumer?

Boys

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What was the independent city and the surrounding land it controls called?
city-state
500

What are two things the Sumerians study to learn to measure?

astronomy and mathematics

500

Why was each Sumerian village built around a ziggurat?

The people believed a god or goddess lived in the temple and protected the village.

500

How do you think the Sumerians might have been able to prevent the fall of their cities?

Build relationships to have alliances, peace treaty, and trade agreements. 

500
Why were scribes members of the riches and higest class of Sumerian culture?
Scribes had the special skill of writing, which was needed by farmers and merchants.
500

Building used to honor and priase a god or gods

ziggurat