Ancient Mesopotamia - Sumerians

What are the Sumerians famous for?

• Fighting with the Greeks

• Forming the first human civilization

• Conquering Ancient Egypt

• The library at Nineveh

Which of the following is considered an important invention by the Sumerians?

• Writing

• Irrigation

• Wheeled vehicles

• All the answers are correct

What is the name of the type of writing that the Sumerians invented?

• Hieroglyph

• Papyrus

• Cuneiform

• Symbols

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The innovation in agriculture to control river flood was known as...

• Wagons

• Dikes and dams

• Lakes

• Rivers Sea

What was the temple called that was located at the center of each city?

• Center temple

• Nexus

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?

• Gods worshiped by the Sumerians

• The two most famous Kings of the Sumer

• Major rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia

• Deserts located to each side of where the Sumer originally settled

What did Sumerians use for transportation?

• wheeled carts

• Ships

• Horses

• Cars

How was the number 60 important to the Sumerians?

• It was the number of gods they worshiped

• They had 60 letters in their alphabet

• They considered the number 60 unlucky and never used it

• It was the base number for their mathematics and numbering system

For the world's first written language people used sharpened reeds to mark numbers

and pictographs on...

• The floor

• Wet clay

• Meat

• Rocks

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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CCSS.RI.7.5

The common language spoken by this civilization was known as...

• English

• French

• Sumerinizon

• Sumerian

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A