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