Ancient Mesopotamia - Sumerians

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What are the Sumerians famous for?

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Forming the first human civilization

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Which of the following is considered an important invention by the Sumerians?

• Writing
• Irrigation
• Wheeled vehicles
• All the answers are correct

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All the answers are correct

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What is the name of the type of writing that the Sumerians invented?

Back

Cuneiform

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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The innovation in agriculture to control river flood was known as...

Back

Dikes and dams

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What was the temple called that was located at the center of each city?

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Ziggurat

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?

Back

Major rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia

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What did Sumerians use for transportation?

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wheeled carts

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How was the number 60 important to the Sumerians?

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It was the base number for their mathematics and numbering system

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CCSS.3.OA.D.9

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For the world's first written language people used sharpened reeds to mark numbers and pictographs on...

• The floor
• Wet clay
• Meat
• Rocks

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Wet clay

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The common language spoken by this civilization was known as...

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Sumerian

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