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Sumerian Achievements in Ancient Civilizations textbook

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1
What are long poems that tell the stories of heroes?
Cuneiform
Scribes
Epics
Pictographs
2
What is architecture?
The science of medicine
The science of building
Mathematics
The science of metalworking
3
What are cylinder seals?
A pyramid-shaped temple-tower
Small golden and obsidian cylinders covered with patterns
Small stone cylinders engraved with designs
Small cubes covered with intricate designs
4
Which instrument did Sumerians not use?
Lyres
Reed pipes
Tambourines
Ukeleles
5
What is a pyramid-shaped temple-tower called?
A ziggurat
A tomb
A quarrel
A trade network
6
What number was the Sumerian math system based on?
100
420
60
360
7
What are pictographs?
Photos
Kings
Below priests, but above farmers
Picture symbols
8
Which invention was not created by Sumerians?
A clock that used falling water
The wheel
Pyramids
The plow
9
Why would a scribe, or writer, be hired?
To make art
To move up in social class
To keep records
To keep track of the items people traded
10
What was the world's first system of writing?
Sumerian
Latin
Sumer
Cuneiform