Mesopotamia (41)

Sumerians invented the ___________.

Sumerians grew ancient cereal grains such as barley and ____

The time before people knew how to write was known as history.

Job specialization was made possible when people learned to

Sumerians used dams and _______ to irrigate their crops.

Sumerian women trained their daughters to be wives and mothers by teaching them to cook ,sew, and care for _______.

Sumerians used geometry to _________ their farm fields.

Sumerian inventions included the __________.

Job specialization led to less advanced and fewer goods.

Sumer used a base 60 number system.

Sumerians used geometry to help them construct buildings.

The basic unit of family life in Sumer was the family.

Sumer traded with other civilizations for wood, metals, and gemstones since these items were not found in Mesopotamia.

________ were the head of the home and the family leader in Sumerian society.

Sumerians created the ___ second minute and ___ minute hour.

Irrigate means to dry out your crops.

Some of the animals domesticated by the Sumerians included _________.

Sumerians created multiplication and _________ tables.

To domesticate an animal is to _____ it.

The first Sumerian kings were ______ but later the title of king was inherited or passed on from father to son.

The worlds oldest surviving story is the Epic of ________.

Sumerians believed that the patron deity or god of their city lived in a room on the top level of the ziggurat.

Sumerians traded for goods they did not have such as ________.

The important invention of cuneiform writing allowed Sumerians to share their ideas and history with future generations.

Sumer is considered the ______ of civilization.

An epic is a long poem telling a heroic story.

Sumerians farmed _______ the walls of the city-state

All of the early civilizations, including Sumer, began in river valleys.

The Sumerians used geometry and gave us the 300 degree circle.

Gilgamesh didn't want to die so he was searching for _______.

Characteristics of civilizations like Sumer include writing, government,religion,job specialization, and social classes.

Sumer and Mesopotamia are part of the fertile _____.

Only Sumerian ____ were taught to be scribes, or how to write.