Ancient Sumer Vocabulary Review

A symbol that stands for an object

• artisan

• civilization

• pictograph

• cuneiform

A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

• civilization

• technology

• merchant

• ziggurat

A person who writes

• cuneiform

• pictograph

• technology

• scribe

A craftsperson

• scribe

• social structure

• artisan

• culture

An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine on the top

• technology

• artisan

• ziggurat

• house

A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people

• social structure

• culture

• merchant

• pictograph

A person who makes money by selling goods

• artisan

• scribe

• merchant

• doctor

The use of tools and other inventions for practical uses

• technology

• social structure

• pictograph

• ziggurat

Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

• pictograph

• cuneiform

• script

• scribe

A symbol that stands for an object

• pictograph

• cuneiform

• script

• scribe