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Questions about ancient Mesopotamia
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1
What did people do to protect their cities from invaders?
Laid traps on the roads.
Built walls around their cities.
Take their cities and build walls round them.
Hired soldiers to fight.
2
Who ran Sumerian schools?
Priests
Indians
Lawyers
Doctors
3
How would a Sumerian girl learn to read?
Go to school and learn.
Her parents would teach her.
Classes at the library.
Teach herself.
4
What offerings did the people leave the gods?
math books
cloth
food
wine
5
Why were ziggurats so large?
To be close to the gods, so they could hear.
Because Mr. Rodriguez said so.
So everyone could fit in.
So the gods would not fight.
6
What is something Sumerian women were not allowed to do?
wear fancy shoes.
have two husbands.
have a vote in the government.
cook dinner on Sunday.
7
What does the word Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
Mr. Jacobs rules in 6th grade.
To spill things on the floor
The land between two rivers.
To make pots & pans.
8
How did Sumerians acquire slaves?
Make them & gods brought them to life.
Marry a woman then make her a slave.
Beat up another town in war.
Buy them from the underground.
9
Three things Sumerians invented.
High heels, purple dye, keys
The plow, cuneiform writing, the game of checkers
gun power, paper, compass
the sailboat, the chariot, the wheel
10
What is a job of the priests?
Run the Olympics
Vacuum the carpets.
Be a doctor.
Teach school
11
Two things men AND women wore in Sumer.
Shoes and socks
shorts and sports
braids and bracelets
jewelry and cloaks
12
If you could not write, whom would you hire to write for you?
You would hire a computer nerd.
You would hire a scribe.
You would hire a football player.
You would hire a mailman
13
How many stories did a Sumerian house have?
1
one
3+
2
14
How did people in Mesopotamia get things they needed but did NOT have?
The asked their fairy godmother.
They traded with other countries.
They robbed the store.
The king made them.
15
Why were houses built around the ziggurat?
For the shadow from the sun.
Easy to get to the temple & leave offerings.
For Protection from invaders.
So they could see Ms. Pilshaw.
16
What system of writing did Sumerians invent?
print writing
cursive writing
Romanji writing
cuneiform writing
17
Which king of Babylon had written laws?
King Kushna
King George III
King hammurabi
Pharaoh Ramses
18
What type of art was very well done by Sumerians?
They could make glass.
They could make sushi.
They could make pottery.
They could make cards.
19
Who was the leader of the gods in Babylon?
Marduk
Isis
Osiris
Jesus
