Chapter 4 Lessons 1 - 2 Review

independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory

• country

• civilization

• city-state

• village

belief in more than one god

• monotheism

• polygon

• polytheism

• multi-theism

pyramid-shaped brick temples

• The Great Wall of China

• towers

• obelisks

• ziggurats

system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things

• hieroglyphs

• cave paintings

• alphabetic monograms

• cuneiform

Which is a Sumerian achievement?

• irrigation systems and writing

• wheel and sail

• development of bronze

• all are correct

The first ever writing system and was created in Mesopotamia. 

• cuneiform
• empire
• scribe
• Mesopotamia

The Mesopotamian civilization appears to have risen in the valley between what two rivers?

• Euphrates and Tigris
• Zagros and Taurus
• Tigris and Karun
• Ishtar and Tammuz

Which of the following was NOT part of the Sumerian civilization?

• worship of single god
• walls surrounding their city-states
• ziggurats
• mud-brick houses

Which Sumerian advancement allowed for faster transportation?

• cuneiform
• calendar
• wheel
• plow

How did the Sumerians irrigate their crops?

• With water from the Persian Gulf
• With rainwater
• With seawater
• With river water