The Region of Sumer

Multiple Choice

How many social classes were in Sumer?

• 4 classes:

  King

  Queen

  Upper

  Middle

• 3 classes:

  King

  Upper

  Middle

• 3 classes:

  Upper

  Middle

  Lower

• 2 Classes:

  King

  Lower

Multiple Choice

An artisan is...

• a person who is skilled in politics

• a person who is a skilled worker

• a person in the upper class

• a person who sells merchandise

​This is a ZIGGURAT.
-A ziggurat is a wedding cake shaped temple for the gods.

-There was one in EVERY city located in the center of town.

Multiple Choice

What is a ziggurat?

• What the ancients called a wedding cake in Mesopotamia

• A temple for the gods in ancient Mesopotamia

• A government building in ancient Mesopotamia

• A fortress in ancient Mesopotamia

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Where is a ziggurat located?

• In the capital city of Mesopotamia

• At the temple in ancient Mesopotamia

• At the shrine located in the most religious city in ancient society

• In the center of every town in ancient Mesopotamia

Multiple Choice

Wealthy boys from Sumer...

• learned to read and write

• were able to join the military

• were creating new languages

• learned to speak another language

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are true about Cuneiform?

• It was created in Egypt then spread to Mesopotamia

• It was created because of a need for recording keeping (bartering trades, deeds paid or owed, taxes paid, etc)

• It was created because of a need of people to know the laws of the land in order to follow them

• it was created to communicate with kingdoms outside of Mesopotamia

Multiple Choice

Cuneiform was...

• painted wedge-shaped marks onto small tablets

• carved into hard stone tablets

• carved into damp concrete tablets

• carved into damp clay tablets

Multiple Choice

The Sumerian number system is based off of what?

• the number 100

• the number 10

• the number 80

• the number 60

Multiple Choice

Other than literature, what did the Sumerians create?

• an epic city known as Gilgamesh

• the first college for education was developed

• Math was developed (Geometry) to measure fields

• Math was developed (Algebra) to create taxes owed

Multiple Choice

How many characteristics of a civilization are there?

• there are 3 characteristics: Upper

  Middle

  Lower

• there are 6 characteristics

• there are 8 characteristics

• there are 4 characteristics

Multiple Choice

In what way did Cuneiform change over time?

• The color of cuneiform chaged

• It began as wedged shaped marks then developed into picture symbols

• It began as picture symbols then developed into wedged shaped marks

• People began to speak the words differently resulting in a new language

Multiple Choice

Cuneiform is easy to understand. It began as symbols.

Example:

What computer company logo is this?

• Dell

• Microsoft

• Logitech

• Apple

Multiple Choice

Symbols have meanings as well as representing words or objects. Example: What does this symbol represent/mean?

• Restrooms ahead

• River crossing ahead

• Railroad crossing ahead

• Rest and relax station ahead

​SUMER

​Tigris River

​Euphrates River

​**Sumer is located in

Southern Mesopotamia**

Multiple Choice

The two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia are...

• The Tigris and Nile Rivers

• The Nile and Euphrates Rivers

• The Tigris and Mesopotamian Rivers

• The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Multiple Choice

Sumer is located...

• in southern Mesopotamia near the Gulf of the Tigris

• in southern Mesopotamia near the Persian Gulf

• in southern Mesopotamia near the Mediterranean Sea

• in southern Mesopotamia near the Mesopotamian River