SS Chapter 3 Study Guide

Which geographic features were important to Sumerian farming?

• Syrian Desert

• Tigris and Euphrates rivers

• Sinai Peninsula

• Euphrates and Nile rivers

Which word characterizes the soil of the Fertile Crescent?

• rich
• muddy
• rocky
• heavy

How did a steady food supply affect the development of Sumerian cities?

• allowed people to have food to trade
• allowing people to farm less
• allowed them to have a food surplus
• allowing people to stay in one place

Which items were used by Sumerians?

• boat sails, cuneiform and wheeled carts
• boat sails, anchors and nets
• shovels, wheeled carts and baskets
• cuneiform, tablets and paint

The lead role of priests in Sumerian civilization was to 

• enforce the laws
• plan new buildings
• trade with other countries
• communicate with gods

The first kings in Sumerian civilization were

• priests
• Assyrians
• Sumerians
• military leaders

How did the Sumerians development of bronze help them as a society?

• they were able to trade bronze
• they were able to create more buildings
• they could make stronger weapons
• it allowed them to have stronger tools

Which were included in the Ur-Nammu law code, the earliest written code of laws?

• laws about slavery, marriage and harming others
• laws about taxes, war and slavery
• laws about slavery, marriage and religion
• laws about trade, war and marriage

What led to the conquest of Sumer?

• a drought led to a food shortage
• invading armies had better weapons
• kings did not build armies up
• the fighting among city-states

What became the center of Hammurabi's Mesopotamian Empire?

• Sumer
• Babylon
• Kish
• Akkadia