Ch. 2-3 The First Communities

_________ was a job of government.

Holy people also served as...

The first civilization of Mesopotamia was called ____

pottery making is a type of

when farmers grew more than they needed it was a

Priests collected payments and held religious services at ____

Surplus provided ancient people with ________ what they needed to survive.

Why did people form governments?

Historians believed that early Mesopotamians developed ____

The worshipping of many gods is called ____

Who was at the top of the upper classes of Summer?

Why were scribes respected?

A specialization is a skill in _________ kind(s) of work.

A social class is made of people with ________ customer, background, training, or income.

Compared to cities today, most complex villages were

How did the plow help improve the lives of Sumerians?

Sumerians were among the first to make tools out of

What kind of climate did Mesopotamia have?

Early Mesopotamians organized themselves into ____