Was Sumer a Civilization?

Ancient Sumerians invented irrigation systems and plows. What did these two inventions help provide?   

• a system of government
• a partner with whom to trade 
• a steady supply of food
• an honor for the gods

What evidence shows that Sumerian society developed after the Stone Age?  

• copper blades
• painted pottery
• wooden plows
• mud houses

What ancient Sumerian most likely spoke the words below? "I live in a two-story house near the center of the city. I like to throw parties where my guests eat from gold plates and drink from gold cups."  

• a farmer 
• a government official
• a craftsperson
• a merchant

Which statement shows how Sumerian religion and government were connected?  

• Sumerians believed that merchants sold goods for the king.
• Sumerians believed that the king got power from the gods.
• Sumerians recorded their prayers on clay tablets.
• Sumerians recorded the movements of the planets.

The Sumerians invented something that made it possible for their armies to use chariots. What was it?  

• harnesses
• swords
• wheels
• horseshoes

6.  What evidence shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric? 

• ziggurats
• statues
• irrigation ditches
• written laws

Whose duty was it to do these jobs: build temples, lead the army, and enforce laws?    

• the king's
• the priests'
• the scribes'
• the governors'

The artifact pictured below is evidence of what part of Sumerian civilization? 

• religion
•  government 
• the arts
•  technology

What did the Sumerians invent to improve farming?  

• seeds
• grains
• plows
• shovels

The upper class, common class, and slaves were evidence of Sumer's: 

•  political system.
• psychology.
• social structure.
• government.