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6th grade Ancient Cultures review #mesopotamia
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1
the Invention of the wheel was significant because
so much more efficient for plowing fields for crops
cars go faster!
it helped pottery be better
made it easier to cart supplies
2
The "Land between the Rivers" is called
Israel
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Ancient city
3
these came later in Sumerian history...
kings
Dukes
conquerors
mayors
4
If you didn't pay back what you owed, you'd be
on a "wanted" poster
a slave
a debtor
an unhappy person
5
What type of math did the Sumerians develop?
Geography
algebra
adding
geometry
6
The Mesopotamians worshipped and did business deals at the
cigarette
temple
ziggurat
Municipal building
7
A belief in many gods is called
atheism
polytheism
polytheist
monotheism
8
The writing tool that the people used to make impressions in the clay tablets was
stylus
pencil
stylin'
a hair stylist!
9
Soil that was churned up from the river's bottom and flooded onto the desert is called
mud
silk
silt
sand
10
People who became VERY good at their craft were
artists
art teachers
Ms. Ward
artisans
11
The system of bringing water from the rivers through canals to the crops was called
Flume rides
water sprinklers
irrigation
irritating
12
They were the first leaders in Ancient mesopotamia
kings
priests
priestesses
governors
13
A stronger combination of metals was
copper
tin
bronze
aluminium
14
These were opened to allow water to irrigate the crops, for a pri$e
canals
towngates
drawbridge
floodgates
15
The rivers allowed the people to
Get rich Soil on the desert
transport supplies
Irrigate their crops
all of these answers
16
If you owed a debt, you could work your way out of prison. True or False?
False
True
who knows? I'm clueless
17
The first form of writing done with pictures is known as
art class
pictographs
cuneiform
drawing
18
The ziggurats were built high with steep stairs to show...
to be taller than everyone else
they were reaching to the gods
to show off
because they could!
19
If you got captured in a war, you'd become a
priest
slave
debtor
P.O.W.
20
The people who did all the writing or record-keeping were called
descriptors
scribblers
teachers
scribes
21
Women were NOT allowed to own land or businesses in ancient Sumer. True or false?
false
True
22
Priests were the top social class in Ancient Mesopotamia because
they held all the power
they were Donald Trump
they were tall
they were in the ziggurat
23
These people were at the bottom of the social classes of Sumer
women
slaves
Prisoners of war
Debtors
24
Priests had to do this job, mainly
pray to the gods
open the floodgates
keep records of supplies
all of these answers
25
Soil that is rich with minerals is said to be
dark
happy
fertile
mud