Mesopotamia Review

How can you tell that your society has a stable food supply?

• Everyone is happy.
• There is job specialization.
• There are no wars being fought.
• It gets its food by hunting and gathering.

Which invention had the biggest impact on Sumer's food supply?

• the arch
• the plow
• cuneiform
• the chariot

Which person specialized in writing cuneiform?

• a skilled metalworker
• a government official
• a king
• a scribe

Who was considered the lowest class of people in ancient Sumer?

• women
• children
• fishermen
• slaves

Which Sumerian belief about the king gave him power?

• He was chosen by the gods.
• He wanted everyone to work hard.
• He cared about the poor in society. <br />
• He made everyone invent something to help their society.

Why were scribes important in Sumerian society?

• They taught the royal children.
• They collected the taxes.
• They wrote down the laws.
• They entertain the rulers with stories.

The ziggurat is most closely related to which characteristic of Sumerian society?

• Arts
• Religion
• Social Structure
• Writing System

Sumerians used items such as drums, pipes, and lyres to entertain people through what?

• Literature
• Writing
• Paintings
• Music

What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?

• ziggurats
• wheels
• city walls
• written records

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

• arches
• ziggurats
• cuneiform
• lyre music