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1
What is the picture showing?
River
Gutter
Stream
Canal
2
Which group of words accurately describes the climate and geography in Sumer?
Green hills, near the ocean, warm temperature
Snowy mountains, cool temperature, many forrests
Part desert + part swamp, hot temperatures, near riverways
Hot weather, bad for growing crops, but great for hunting
3
What was a result of boat building in Sumer?
Met new people
Trade expanded
Transporting goods was easier
All answers are correct
4
What was the short-term impact of Cuneiform writing for the Sumerians?
They could keep recordsc
It spread to other city-states
all answers are correct
It provided new jobs
5
The area known as "between the rivers" is
Babylon
Mesopotamia
Sumer
The Fertile Crescent
6
Which geographic feature was important to Sumerian farming?
Yellow River
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
SInai Peninsula
Zagros Mountains
7
What about the geograhy of Mesopotamia attracted people to settle there and form societies?
all answers are correct
mountains provided protection
desert nearby was a natural barrier to enemies
Fertile soil and close access to water
8
True or False: Every child went to school in Sumer.
False
True
9
Which is not a characteristic of a civilization?
Writing
Government
Chaos
Social Classes
10
What word best characterizes the soil of the Fertile Crescent?
rich
dry
wealthy
swamp
11
The Sumerians built ______to control the river and to bring water to their crops.
permanent homes
ziggurats
irrigation canals
bridges
12
Map Skills: What two large bodies of water boarder Sumer?
Mediterranean Sea and Caspian Sea
Mediterranean and Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf
13
True or False: Each city-state had exactly the same rules, laws, and government.
Yes, this statement is true
No, this is incorrect
14
The Sumerians lived in what region?
Mesopotamia
Africa
North America
Ancient Egypt
15
A new job was created when Cuneiform writing was invented. What was it?
a clay collector
a potter
a scribe
a priest
16
What was the job title for the people who learned how to write cuneiform?
Tudor
Pictograph
Scribe
Professor
17
A city and its surrounding countryside is a
state
city
empire
city-state
18
The first writing developed by the Sumerians was
cuneiform writing
the alphabet
cave art
clock
19
How did the invention of bronze metal help Sumerian society?
It helped them get rid of priests and kings
It helped them make stronger weapons
It helped them to irrigate their crops
It helped them move away from the Fertile Crescent
20
Sumerians built temples to their gods. What were they called?
ziggurat
city-state
polytheism
church
21
One of the results of the invention of the plow was...
made tilling the land easier
made tilling the land harder
made the farmer produce less food
helped the farmerfeed his animals
22
Sumerians invented written agreements for business purposes called_________.
taxes
contracts
money
tablets
