Craftspeople who made useful items such as pottery

The remains of different types and sizes of houses in Sumerian cities showed that

Sumerians had a social structure

Why is a stable food supply necessary to make a society into a civilization?

It ensures that a society has food to survive

What type of government(s) did Ancient Mesopotamia have?

they had some early forms of democracy, but were a monarchy

Why were Sumerians communities called city-states?

each of them had their own ruler and farmland

The main reason ziggurats were important in Sumerian civilization was

they were expressions of religious belief

The environment of Sumer was

hot and dry with very little rain

Cuneiform was writing that uses wedge-shaped characters, where as a pictograph

was a symbol that stands for an object

Why is a stable food supply necessary to make a society into a civilization?

It ensures that the society has food to survive.

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TCI Ch 5 Is Sumer a Civilization?

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1
What was the most important job of the government?
to develop the wheel
to lead the army
to create jewlery
to work as a scribe
2
Culture is a characteristic of civilization that includes
beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people
all of the above
creative forms of expression
the type of houses members of society live in
3
Sumerian first used the wheel to make
chariots
music
pottery
plows
4
Which of these are the names of main cities of the Sumerian civilization?
Girsu, Uruk, Ur and Bagdad
Uruk, Ur, Girsu, and Nipper
Girsu, Urak, and Persia
5
Artisans were ...
Architects who designed tenmples
Musicians who made music
Artists who drew pictures
Craftspeople who made useful items such as pottery
6
The remains of different types and sizes of houses in Sumerian cities showed that
Sumerians had a set of religious beliefs
Sumerians used wood from the forests to build
the largest homes were near the edge of the city
Sumerians had a social structure
7
Why is a stable food supply necessary to make a society into a civilization?
It ensures that a society has food to survive
It gives the society something to sell for money
It provides members of the society with jobs
It helps make sure life in the society is orderly.
8
The people of Sumer constructed moats to
to grow better crops
to protect cities from attack
to make villages work together
bring in the towns drinking water
9
Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means what?
dry land
land between two mountains
the land between rivers
the land of farmers
10
One of the Sumerians strongest beliefs was obeying the will of
the king
the army
the people
the gods
11
What divided prehistory from ancient times?
The invention of fire.
A more comfortable life
Making of bread.
The invention of writing
12
The job of the scribe was to
make tools
govern
write
develop laws
13
According to some historians, what is the Sumerians greatest architectural achievement?
the ziggurat
the arch
the staircase
the wheel
14
Which of the following is an example of technology?
a religious system
a job
written language
an axe
15
Which of the ancient Sumerians most likely made swords for the army?
a farmer
a metalworker
a landowner
a soldier
16
A system of government is one characteristic of
civilization
social structure
language
technology
17
A system of government is one characteristic of
civilization
social structure
language
technology
18
A surplus is
When there is just enough of an item
more than needed of an item
When an item runs out and there isn't any left
When a new item is invented
19
Culture is a characteristic of civilization that includes
all of the above
beliefs and behaviors of a society or a group of people
creative forms of expression
the types of houses members of society live in
20
What type of government(s) did Ancient Mesopotamia have?
they had some early forms of democracy, but were a monarchy
monarchy
communist
democratic
21
What type of religion were Mesopotamians?
atheist
monotheistic
polytheistic
polygons
22
Sumerians built strong walls with what?
minerals
sticks
stone blocks
mud bricks
23
Why were Sumerians communities called city-states?
each of them had their own ruler and farmland
they depended on each other for water
they were all part of one great empire
each of them kept written records
24
Sumerian scribes etched their writing onto
thick paper
clay tablets
wood blocks
stone tablets
25
Who is Sumer was responsible for collecting taxes, enforcing laws, and leading the army?
the priests
the soldiers
the governors
the king
26
Plow is to farming as stylus is to
technology
culture
writing
scribe
27
The main reason ziggurats were important in Sumerian civilization was
they were built by Sumerian kings
they had long staircases
they could be seen from miles away
they were expressions of religious belief
28
The TOP class of Sumerians included government officials and
farmers
merchants
artisans
priests
29
Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?
it dried up the rivers
it ruined the soil for farming
it clogged irrigation canals
it crumbled the city walls
30
The environment of Sumer was
hilly and dry, with many stones
thickly forested, with heavy storms
hot and dry with very little rain
high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks
31
When people in a civilization have different social levels and jobs, this is called
social structure
labor
architecture
worship
32
At a ziggurat, you could
worship the gods
Learn new laws
sell goods
purchase a plow
33
Cuneiform was writing that uses wedge-shaped characters, where as a pictograph
was a characteristic of civilization that includes beliefs and ideas
was a person who writes
was a symbol that stands for an object
was an alphabet on a clay tablet
34
What were the three components of Mesopotamian irrigation systems?
farming, fishing, and selling
canals, reservoirs, and lakes
dams, canals, and reservoirs
priests, merchants, and slaves
35
Why is a stable food supply necessary to make a society into a civilization?
It helps make sure life in the society is orderly
It gives the society something to sell for money
It provided members of the society with jobs.
It ensures that the society has food to survive.
36
Another name for a craft person
artisan
merchant
priest
scribe
37
Sumer influenced life today by
invention of a written language
invention of the plow
all of the above
invention of the wheel
38
Archaeologists discovered evidence of Sumer about
50 years ago
5000 years ago
1500 years ago
150 years ago
39
Which of the following was not an original invention by the Sumerians
the wheel
the arch
religion
the written laws

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