Mesopotamia and the Wheel

What's an archaeologist?

• Keeps people safe, enforcing laws, patrolling the streets, solving crimes, and more.
• They are like detectives. By looking at artifacts, they try to figure out how long ago people lived, how they governed themselves, what art they created, their religious beliefs, their technology, science, and invention, and their daily life. 
• Archaelogist study weather patterns
• They study animal behaviors.

What does ancient mean?

• Belonging to a distant past and no longer in existence
• Discussing the days events.
• Yesterday
• 10-20 years ago

What is an archaeologist looking for?

• Medicine that was used in the past.
• Food
• People in a community.
• Tools and items used by ancient communities

What's a Ziggurat?

• a weapon
• A temple shaped like a pyramid.
• Artwork from the past
• The Gods

The southern part of Mesopotamia was an are known as Sumer.  The Sumerians developed the first...

• written language called cuneiform.
• Thanksgiving
• study of weather patterns.
• Corvette

The Sumerians also developed the first...

• fire
• globe
• wheel
• chair

The wheel was made out of...

• hardened clay
• rubber
• plastic
• rocks

They used the wheel on ___________.

• for farming.
• carts
• wheelbarrows
• buses

Carts helped the ancient people_______and _______ __________.

• farm and trade their crops
• cook and clean
• put out fires and pray
• none of the above

After the wheel was put on a cart, it was put on a ________.

• chariot.
• horse
• oxen
• cart