Sumerian Social Class

Who was at the top of the social pyramid in Sumer?

• Scribe

• Trader

• King

What were Sumerians temples called?

• Ziggurats

• Pyramids

• Houses of the Gods

Scribes were people who...

• Ran city-states

• Read and Wrote Cunieform

• Farmed to maintain a stable food supply

The top class (not including the king) consisted of who?

• Scribes

• Farmers

• Priests

What is a social structure?

• the way a civilization is organized.

• how many taxes a king collects from slaves.

• the way scribes record social events.

Who was responsible for building temples, lead the army, and enforce the laws?

• merchants

• artisans

• kings

Who was in the lowest class of Sumerian society?

• slaves

• craftsmen

• women

Who is in the middle of the Sumerian social structure?

• slaves

• craftspeople

• king and priests

• Traders

What was the name for a person who could read and write in Sumer?

• king

• government official

• scribe

Where did the Sumerians live?

• Africa

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt