Sumerian Civilization

_________ developed the first civilization in Mesopotamia.

• Mesopotamians

• Sumerians

• priests

How did the Sumerians irrigate their crops?

• With water from the Persian Gulf

• With rainwater

• With seawater

• With river water

What was the written language that the Sumerians wrote with?

• cuneiform

• Ancient Sumerian language

• English

• Spanish

Belief in many gods

• monotheism

• polygon

• polytheism

• multi-theism

Complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing.

• city-state

• irrigation

• civilization

• cuneiform

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• cradle

• river valley

• pyramid

• ziggurat

The flooded rivers of Mesopotamia carried small particles of rich soil called______

• sand

• silt

• clay

• gravel

A form of writing developed by the people of Sumer?

• polytheism

• cuneiform

• irrigation

• silt

Sumerians invented ______.

• the wheel

• the compass

• paper money

• gunpowder

Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group

• upper class

• middle class

• lower class

• business class