Ancient Mesopotamia: Social Classes and Job Specialization

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Each person does one job WELL is our definition of:

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Specialization

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A person's work usually determined his place in Mesopotamian society.

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True

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Was it easy to move "up the ladder" of social classes in ancient Mesopotamia?

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False

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In ancient Mesopotamia, your social class was determined by:

• your own freedom to choose
• how hard you worked
• your parents' social class

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your parents' social class

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Were government officials low on the Mesopotamian Social Class Pyramid?

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False

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Farmers and artisans (craftsmen) often depended on the merchants to trade their items for profits.

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true

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Farmers, merchants, and scribes made up the largest group on the Mesopotamian social class pyramid.

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false

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Prisoners captured during a war were ancient Mesopotamia's _________________ people.

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enslaved

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Who spent years learning to read and write?

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scribes

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Who specialized in making a variety of goods?

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artisans