Ancient Sumer

Reorder the following

• Move to rivers

• A population explosion

• people in city state work together to fix irrigation system

• create an irrigation system

• irrigation system clogs

All civilizations share 7 characteristics, ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   are NOT one of those 7 characteristics.

• City Walls
• Trade Routes
• Religion
• Government
• Arts
• Written Language
• Written Language
• Technology
• Stable Food Supply
• Social Structure

Irrigation systems are a series of canals, dams, and reservoirs to provide water to crops. This is part of which characteristic of civilization?

• Religion

• Stable Food Supply

• Arts

• Written Language

This invention helped to create a stable food supply.

• arches

• computer

• plow

• clay tablet

Match the following jobs to social class

• middle class

• slaves

• upper class

• merchants & artisans

• lower class

• priests, kings, nobles

If you obey the gods will, you will ____ the king.

What did each job do in the government?

• Ruled outlying towns

• soldiers

• defended land and protected water supply

• scribes

• recorded laws and contracts

• Governor

• enforced laws and collected taxes

• King

Which of the following was NOT a use for a Ziggurat?

• A stairwell for the gods to come to earth

• A place to ask for the gods' blessings

• A storage place for food

• A fortress during battle.

This musical instrument is called a ____.

• lyre

• harp

• ukelele

• harpsichord

This invention was first used to make pottery.

• knife

• shovel

• wheel

• rolling pin