Chapter 4, Lesson 1- The Sumerians

What two bodies of water made life possible in Mesopotamia

• Nile River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Red River

What was not an important component to Mesopotamian farming

• Irrigation

• Floods

• Heavy rains throughout the year

• Silt

What was not part of irrigation in the ancient world?

• Dams

• Levees

• Sprinklers

• Canals

What word means, the belief in many gods?

• Polytheism

• Montheism

• Theocracy

• Irrigation

What were the two major components of Sumerian religion?

• mummification

• Ziggurat

• perfect afterlife

• Vengeful gods

What was not a Sumerian invention?

• Cuneiform

• Wheel

• Hand ax

• Plow

What is true of Sumerian writing?

• Called cunieform

• Was an alphabet

• wrote on clay

• 26 symbol

Which is not a Sumerian invention?

• Bronze

• Base 60

• Sail

• Farming

Which is not true of Sumerian city states?

• Walls surrounding them

• Ziggurats in centers

• All had same government

• Independent

Sumerians wrote an epic poem about his man....

• Sargon

• Gilgamesh

• Enlil

• Beowulf