Ancient Mesopotamia: Social Classes and Job Specialization

Each person does one job WELL is our definition of:

• Specialization

• Criteria

• Occupation

• Hierarchy

A person's work usually determined his place in Mesopotamian society

• True

• False

It was very easy to move "up the ladder" of social classes in ancient Mesopotamia

• True

• False

In ancient Mesopotamia, your social class was determined by

• your own freedom to choose

• how hard you worked

• your parents' social class

Government officials were low on the Mesopotamian Social Class Pyramid

• True

• False

Farmers and artisans (craftsmen) often depended on the merchants to trade their items for profits

• true

• false

Farmers, merchants, and scribes made up the largest group on the Mesopotamian social class pyramid

• true

• false

Prisoners captured during a way were ancient Mesopotamia's _________________ people

• worshipped

• enslaved

• wealthiest

• happiest

They spent years learning to read and write

• kings

• priests

• farmers

• scribes

They specialized in making a variety of goods

• scribes

• priests

• government officials

• artisans