Ancient Mesopotamia - Quiz Review - The Sumerians

What did ancient Sumerian's inventions of the plow and irrigation systems help provide for them?

• a system of government

• a partner with whom to trade

• an honor for the gods

• A steady supply of food

What was the Sumerians written language called?

• pictograph

• symbols

• cuneiform

• alphabet

What is large temple built by the Sumerians for their gods ?

• temple

• church

• ziggurat

• pyramid

What is the system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols developed in ancient Sumer?

• hieroglyphics

• alphabet

• symbols

• cuneiform

What is the belief in many gods and goddesses?

• polytheism

• monotheism

• Hammurabi

• Sumerian

What is left behind after the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flood?

• dirt

• a mess

• soil

• silt

What were two reasons Sumer was a good place to live?

• rivers & mountains

• mountains & deserts

• deserts & rivers

• rivers & silt

What is the name of the person whose job it was to write?

• priest

• scribe

• slave

• cuneiform

What are the names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia?

• Tigris & Europe

• Tigris & Euphrates

• Tigris & Nile

• Persian Gulf and Black Sea

The system of bringing water from the rivers through canals to the crops was called...

• water sprinklers

• water mains

• hydrofoils

• irrigation