Ancient Sumer

What was the Sumerians written language called?

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphics
• Pictographs
• Babylonian

What was the responsibility of a scribe?

• to serve in the army
• to write and maintain records
• to create swords for the army
• to plan social events

How was language written?

• on wood blocks
• on cave walls
• on clay tablets
• on stones

Wedge-shaped writing is better known as

• triangles
• alphabet
• letters
• cuneiform

A ziggurat is?

• A war tactic
• A writing system 
• A Temple
• A Sumerian chariot

The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was

• between two rivers.
• in mountain foothills.
• near a region of many conflicts
• at the site of the earliest cities

What is meant by polytheism?

• belief in one god
• a belief in no god
• a belief in many gods

Which of the following inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?

• the wheel
• the plow
• the arch
• the chariot

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

• Each of them kept written records.
• They were all of one great empire
• They all depended on each other for water.
• Each of them had its own ruler and farmland

A wedge-shaped stylus was used to produce...

• cuneiform
• hieroglyphics
• the alphabet
• petroglyphs