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2.1 "Civilization Emerges in Mesopotamia"

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1
What social class was at the bottom of the social pyramid in Sumer?
Scribes
Priests
Farmers
Slaves
2
What caused Sumer's population to grow?
Conquered slaves from other kingdoms
A food surplus
Laws requiring reproduction
New weapons technology
3
What was the original purpose of writing in Sumer?
Recording Historical events
Recording business transactions
Epic Poetry
Creating a law code
4
How did Sumerians use technology to turn Mesopotamia into fertile farmland?
Invention of the wheel
Invention of the sail
New Irrigation techniques
Invention of cuneiform
5
The term Mesopotamia refers to land between
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Sumer and Egypt.
Uruk and Ur
the Arabian peninsula and the Sinai peninsula.
6
Why did priests play an important role in Sumerian city-states?
Priests were at the top of the Sumerian social order.
Sumerians believed only priests could talk with gods to help the city.
Sumerians feared priests because they led rituals involving sacrifice.
Priests and temples controlled much of the surrounding farmlands.
7
Who originally ruled the Sumerian city-states?
Priests
Military leaders
Kings
Merchants
8
A ziggurat is a type of
building
writing
religious ceremony
epic poem
9
Another term for a city and the surrounding land it controls is
empire
kingdom
city-state
nation-state
10
In cuneiform, Sumerian scribes used what to represent words, sounds, or ideas?
the first alphabet
numbers
wedge-shaped symbols
simple pictures