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Grade 6. Chapter 6 Section 3

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1
What were two early uses of the wheel?
Using it for transportation and food
Using it for transportation and on a potter's wheel
Using it for transportation and for planes
Using it for cars and trucks
2
What were epics?
A long poem that told stories of heroes
Another name for Sumerian priests
Another name for Sumerian temples
A short poem that told stories of heroes
3
One famous Sumerian epic was ...
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Sargon
The Epic of the Scribe
The Epic of Ziggurat
4
What different types of art did the Sumerians create?
Paintings and sculptures
Pottery and paintings
Pottery, sculptures, jewelry, and cylinder seals
Jewelry and paintings
5
What is cuneiform?
A Sumerian ruler
The world's first system of writing
The world's first name for the wheel
The world's first city-state
6
What is a scribe?
A Sumerian temple
A Sumerian writer
A Sumerian ziggurat
A pencil that Sumerians wrote with
7
Sumerians were able to...
calculate the area of rectangles and triangles
calculate the value of X
calculate the perimeter of a circle
Create the multiplication tables
8
Why was the invention of the plow so important to the Sumerians?
Most Sumerians were farmers and it made farming easier
Most Sumerians were scribes and it helped them with their writing
It helped the Sumerians build houses
It made the Sumerians rich
9
What was the center of most Sumerian cities?
A trading post
a ziggurat.
A farm
A store
10
What was the basic Sumerian building material?
Wood
Mud bricks
Sticks
Cement