Sumer's Social Classes (LT#2)

Who were the members of Sumer's Upper social class?

• kings, priests, warriors, merchants

• Priests, warriors, traders, artisans

• kings, government officials, warriors, enslaved people

• kings, priests, warriors, government officials

Who was NOT a member of Sumer's middle class?

• merchants

• enslaved people

• artisans

• fishers

Enslaved people were members of Sumer's lowest class.

• True

• False

A society dominated by men.

• matriarchy

• patriarchy

• oligarchy

• monarchy

Most free people in Sumer society were _________.

• fishers

• farmers

• warriors

• artisans

Sumerian traders traveled great distances to get ________________ needed to make jewelry and other decorative items.

• minerals and vegetables

• timber and barley

• tools and wheat

• minerals and metals

Who was the head of the Sumerian home?

• men

• women

• children

• men and women led the household together

Most people in Sumer society were _______ into their social group.

• promoted

• born

• hired

• trained

What class were people who were heavily in debt, criminals, or captured in war?

• Upper class

• Middle class

• Lowest class

• No class

What Sumerian social group was the largest?

• Upper class

• Middle class

• Lowest class

• No class