Sumer and Early Civilisation

Sumer was in what is now known as ...?

• Northern Iran

• Southern Iraq

• Persia

• Southern Jordan

Mesopotamia means ...?

• In between two rivers

• in between two countries

• near a river

• in the middle of Iraq

The written language of the Sumerians was ...?

• hieroglyphics

• pictograms

• cuneiform

• cursive script

When were the first written records by the Sumerians that they were growing crops?

• 1000 AD

• 3200 CE

• 1000 BC

• 3200 BCE

What is the definition of a nomadic culture?

• People who wander from one place to another to hunt or maintain herd animals such as goats or sheep

• People who know how to grow crops and can live in one place

• People who live by hunting and gathering

• People who live in cities

Which of these is an example of a primary source?

• Written observations by an archaeologist

• Clay tablets with inscriptions on them

• Pottery

• I have to choose two options which are ...

What is a secondary source?

• A journal kept by an archaeologist

• A book published by an anthropolgist about their research

• I have to choose two options which are ...

• A stone axe

How can we tell ancient peoples including Sumerians developed religion?

• Writings about gods

• Ritual burials

• Social hierarchy

• I have to choose two options which are ...

What are some of the 'signs' of 'civilisation'?

• A nomadic lifestyle

• organised social systems such as administrative and transport systems like roads

• A hunter-gather lifestyle

• A pastoralist lifestyle

The first recognised code of law was ...?

• Draco's Laws

• Gilgamesh's Laws

• Hammurabi's Law

• Ishtar's Code of Law