Who might work in a Sumerian city?

scribes, acrobats, merchants, water sellers

How were the cities of Mesopotamia governed?

Each had its own government and laws

Why were scribes important people in Sumer?

They kept records for the kings

A Sumerian ziggurat was made of terraces because

it was the god's ladder or stairway

How did flooding rivers affect people who settled in Mesopotamia?

Flooding was good for farming but also could be deadly

Why do you think religion was so important to the Sumerians?

gods could punish or reward people

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The Fertile Crescent

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1
A city with its own traditions, government, and laws is a
state-city
city-state
fertile-city
empire
2
Who might work in a Sumerian city?
scribes
acrobats
merchants
water sellers
3
The belief in many gods is called
monotheism
mythology
polygons
polytheism
4
A traditional story is also called a
myth
poem
lie
scribe
5
What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?
religious temples
rich soil
cool temperatures
convenient navigation
6
How were the cities of Mesopotamia governed?
Each had its own government and laws
Each had its own language
Each city worked together to form an empire
Each had its own president and vice president
7
Why were scribes important people in Sumer?
They negotiated treaties
They owned lots of land
They kept records for the kings
They refused to teach other to read
8
What was the main cause of wars between the Sumerian city-states?
exhausted armies
disputes over land and water
religious disagreements
theft of livestock
9
What weakened the cities of Sumer?
Fights over who could sink a shot from half court
Fights over who was cuter
Fights over who cooked the best chili
Fights over land and water
10
A Sumerian ziggurat was made of terraces because
it was the god's ladder or stairway
Sumerians had many social classes
multiple crop growth was better
it was unstable
11
A professional writer in Mesopotamia was a
priest
scribbler
author
scribe
12
Although Sumerian city-states shared language and culture, how were they independent?
no travel between city-states
each had its own government
no trade with each other
different architecture
13
How did flooding rivers affect people who settled in Mesopotamia?
Flooding cleaned the farming fields of debris
Flooding killed everyone in the city-states
Flooding was good for farming but also could be deadly
Flooding provided extra drinking water
14
The region in southwest Asia that we are studying
The Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Mountains
The Crescent of Mesopotamia
The Fertile Cressandwich
15
Why do you think religion was so important to the Sumerians?
gods required prayer 10 times a day
gods could punish or reward people
gods fought in the battles between city-states
the gods built houses for the people

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