The Sumerians

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What materials did Sumerians use to build? Options: Stacked Bricks made of mud, Metal strips used with mud, Timber (wood), Huge stones

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Stacked Bricks made of mud

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What was the writing system used by the Sumerians?

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cuneiform

Front

What was the tool that the Ancient Sumerians called to write on their tablets?

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A Stylus

Front

What do we call an independent city that governs itself and the surrounding territory?

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city-state

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Belief in many gods

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polytheism

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The Mesopotamian civilization appears to have risen in the valley between what two rivers?

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Euphrates and Tigris

Front

Which Sumerian advancement allowed for faster transportation? Options: cuneiform, calendar, wheel, plow

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wheel

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How did the Sumerians irrigate their crops? Options: With sprinklers, With rainwater, With seawater, With river water

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With river water

Front

Which group of people communicated with the gods? Options: Kings, Farmers, Priests, Slaves

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Priests

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Who was in the upper class? Options: rulers, top officials, priests, merchants and owners of large plots of land, farmers and skilled workers, slaves

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rulers, top officials, priests, merchants and owners of large plots of land