Geography
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
Euphrates and Tigris
What famous ancient tower was in Sumer?
Tower of Babel
Chaldea was the northern or southern part of Sumer?
Southern
Noah's Ark is believed to have rest on Mount Everest
False
The land promised to Abraham and his descendants was
Canaan
What is our only completely accurate record of ancient history?
The Bible
The most common type of seal in Sumer was what?
Cylinder
What was the most important city in Chaldea?
Ur
The Garden of Eden was in Mesopotamia
True
A mark of identification; used to stamp documents in Sumer
seal
Why is it called The Fertile Crescent?
The fertile soil and the crescent shape
What was the type of writing that was wedge-shaped?
Cuneiform
Abraham came from what city?
Ur
Boys and Girls went to school together in Sumer
False
List two Sumerian inventions
Writing and the Wheel
What is the Fertile Crescent often called?
Cradle of Civilization
The Sumerian Builders built the first of what?
Arch/Dome
Why did talented musicians get murdered?
To entertain the dead
They worshiped the true god
FALSE!!!
Name two jobs of the Sumerians
Any 2 of these, Farmers, Shepherds, Sculptors, Metalsmiths, Skilled Workers
What river means "that which makes fruitful"
Euphrates
What were the tall temples that the Sumerians built called?
Ziggurats
What lady's tomb did the archaeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley, find in Ur?
Lady Shubad
Doctors also worked as teachers in Sumerian schools
TRUE!!!
What did the Sumerians do to make the land suitable for raising crops?
Irrigation