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A review game about Sumer for 6th grade Ancient Civilizations
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1
Which is NOT an advantage of cuneiform over pictographs?
It takes less time to write
It can write more words
It is written on paper
It is easier to read
2
Which of these ancient Sumerians most likely lived in a two-story house in the city center?
A skilled metalworker
A merchant
A fisherman
A government official
3
Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?
He consulted with wise advisers
He wanted everyone to be happy
He cared most about the poor
He was chosen by the gods
4
What is the name for the Sumerian temple with a shrine at the top?
Levee
Silt
Ziggurat
Irrigation
5
Scribes in ancient Sumer wrote their records on
Paper
Cave walls
Animal skins
Clay tablets
6
What is the name for a Sumerian crafts-person?
Government official
Levee
Artisan
Merchant
7
A society has a stable food supply if
It gives food to the king
It has enough food for its people
It buys food from other groups
It gets food by hunting and fishing
8
Who had the responsibility to lead the army, make and enforce laws, and collect taxes?
The king
The artisans
The scribes
The priests
9
Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?
They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains
They had to fight off attacks from empires to the east
They cooperated to keep the water systems working
They exchanged different kinds of natural resources
10
The wedge-shaped written language of the Sumerians was called
Pictographs
Cuneiform
Linear B
Heiroglyphics
11
What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
Building terraces
Joining villages together
Constructing reservoirs
Moving south to the river plain
12
Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?
It crumbled the city walls
It dried up the rivers
It ruined the soil for planting
It clogged the irrigation canals
13
What is the name for the wall of earth built to prevent flooding?
Ziggurat
Levee
City State
Irrigation
14
What is the term for a city that functions like an independent country?
Empire
City State
Village
Nation
15
What are the names of the two rivers of Mesopotamia?
The Yellow and the Yangtze
The Thanes and the Siene
The Tigris and the Euphrates
The Rhine and the Rhone
16
Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?
Sledges
Wheels
Swords
Horseshoes
17
What is the name of the red/orange area highlighted here?
Ur
Fertile Crescent
Sumer
Mesopotamia
18
The environment of Sumer was
Low and flat with little rain
High and cold with sharp mountain peaks
Hilly and dry with many stones
Thickly forested with heavy storms
19
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of civilization?
Government
Money
Arts
Religion
20
The people of Sumer constructed moats to
Bring drinking water into towns
Get crops to grow better
Protect cities from attack
Make villagers work together
21
What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?
To protect villages from attack
To store water for later use
To allow travel by boat
To make it easier to fish
22
What is a way of moving water from where it is to where it needs to be?
Social structure
Irrigation system
Levee
City state
23
Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with
Logs with pointed tips
Bricks made of mud
Rocks shaped into squares
Reeds cut near the rivers
24
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was
Between two rivers
In mountain foothills
At the site of the earliest cities
Near a region of many conflicts
25
What is the name of the region highlighted here?
Mesopotamia
Ur
Fertile Crescent
Sumer
26
What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
Increase in population
Change in the climate
Overuse of the soil
Fighting between villages
27
What is the name of the fine particles of rock carried by the rivers?
Levee
Artisan
Ziggurat
Silt
28
What is the name for the way a civilization is organized into classes?
Social structure
Irrigation system
City State
Moat
29
Which one of these inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?
The wheel
The chariot
The plow
The arch
30
What is the name of the region highlighted here?
Sumer
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Ur
31
What is the name for a person who sells goods?
Merchant
Artisan
Priest
Irrigation
