Ancient Mesopotamia - Northway School

a method that brings water to crops

• Scribe
• City-State
• Irrigation
• Civilization

complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing

• Scribe
• Irrigation
• Artisan
• Civilization

has its own government but is not part of any larger unit

• Civilization
• City-State
• Scribe
• Artisan

Ancient Sumerians invented irrigation systems and plows. What did these two inventions help provide?

• a system of government
• a steady supply of food
• an honor for the gods
• a partner with whom to trade

The first civilization arose _______ because the conditiions for farminig were good

• near the sea
• in river valleys
• in the mountains
• in the desert

What were the two rivers that allowed settlement in Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Nile and Euprtes
• Tigris and Indus
• Tigris and Nile

Whose duty was it to do these jobs: build temples, lead the army, and enforce laws?

• the governors'
• the scribes'
• the priests'
• the king's

_________ helped ideas spread around the world

• Heroes
• Trade
• Farming
• Epics

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cyrillian
• Sargon
• heiroglyphics
• cuneiform

Which of these are Sumerian inventions

• plow
• wheel
• sailboat
• all of the above