Chapter 3 section 3

The Sumerians developed ___, the world's first system of writing

• ziggurat

• cuneiform

• pictographs

• architecture

The earliest written communication was through ______, or picture symbols

• cuneiform

• pictographs

• stick figures

• Microsoft Publisher

A ____ was a writer, often hired to keep track of the items people traded.

• publisher

• note-taker

• scribe

• editor

___ are long poems that tell the story of a hero.

• tragedy

• epic

• novel

• biography

Sumerians were skilled in the field of ___, the science of building

• archeology

• architecture

• astronomy

• agriculture

A ____ is a pyramid-shaped temple tower that rose above each Sumerian city.

• totem pole

• ziggurat

• church

• synagogue

___ are perhaps Sumer's most famous works of art.

• paintings

• sculptures

• cylinder seals

• caligraphy

___ is the story of a legendary Sumerian king

• Illiad

• Odyssey

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• Epic of Sargon

Sumerians developed a math system based on the number __.

• 12

• 20

• 6

• 60

Among the contributions of the Sumerians to modern society was the ________, and the first vehicles to use it, such as carts and wagons.

• wood

• wheel

• circle

• metal