Mesopotamian Civilizations/ Ms. Dangler

combining tin and copper creates what metal?

• steel

• bronze

• gold

what allowed people to learn a new skills?

• having a surplus food

• the formation of social classes

• united together to build an irrigation project

what is city states?

• It is the name for the small farming villages before they come together for irrigation

• It is a city and all of the surrounding lands and settlements

• It is a small city within a bigger city

4. Which group of people were directly under the Kings in Ancient Sumer social class?

• Artisans and merchancts

• Scribes and administrators

• Priests

With the discovery of this new metal and the start of trade between city-state, what new "age' does our Ancient Civilizations enter?

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

• Bronze age

Why did our small villages turn into larger city-states?

• They were overtaken by Kings who conquered the small villages

• They were organized by social classes

• They came together to build major irrigation project to get water to crops

in which city- state Sargon the Great was a powerful official ?

• ur

• uruk

• kish

Sargon was considered GREAT for all of the following reasons except:

• He conquered much of Mesopotamia

• He built the Tower of Babel

• He kept peace and won loyalty throughout his empire

The Akkadian Empire managed agriculture so well that they were able to survive for how many years without famine (no food)?

• 50

• 75

• 100

What was the downfall of the Akkadian Empire?

• The empire grew too big to control

• The Sumerians reconquered the land

• Sargon passed away and the empire died with him