6th Grade Mesopotamia

Sumer was made up of several independent towns called

• countries
• towns 
• villages
• city-states

Name the government that the city-states in Sumer had.

• oligarchy
• democracy
• communistic
• monarchy 

This is a mud-brick temple for worshipping the gods

• zigguart
• pyramid
• igloo
• apartment 

What is another name for the area the Sumer is in? 

• India
• Middle East
• Egypt
• Fertile Crescent 

What was able to develop because Sumer had a surplus of food? 

• sports
• complex division of labor
• obesity
• agriculture 

Who practiced monotheism?

• Abraham
• Sargon
• Hammurabi
• Saul 

Who made the written Code of Laws? 

• Sargon
• Abraham
• Hammurabi
• Gilgemesh

What is it called when someone exchanges a good or service for another good or service? 

• purchasing
• buying
• barter
• selling 

A person who writes for others is called a 

• merchant
• scribe
• farmer
• slave 

Wedge-shaped writing in Mesopotamia is 

• cursive
• heiroglypics
• cunneiform
• print