Final Sumerian Assessment

What is a civilization?

• a society that has developed arts, sciences, and organizations

• a society that has a lot of money

• a society that has many people

• a society that has a lot of land

What does the word "develop" mean?

• destroy

• to make and to make better

• ask for help

• make something simpler

What is one example of a characteristic of a civilization?

• written language
• printed money

• population control

• creating ways to build roads

What tool did the Sumerians invent that was a network of canals, dams, and reservoirs to provide water to their crops?

• physics

• irrigation system

• agriculture

• plow

What tool did the Sumerians invent that was used to turn and cut the ground to prepare the land for agriculture?

• plow

• lawnmower

• axe

• scythe

In the Sumerian social structure, rank the people from the highest to lowest on the social structure. (First answer is the highest, third answer is the lowest.)

• King

• Artisan

• Enslaved Person

The kings in Sumer had many different responsibilities. One of the first duties they had was to rule over the (a)   . The kings were powerful because people believed that the (b)   The kings also had to defend their city-states by leading (c)   .

• city-states
• gods supported the kings
• the armies
• praying to the gods

Match the government official's duties to their role.

• Defend land boundaries.

• Scribes

• Enforced laws and collect taxes

• Governor

• Record laws and documents

• Army

• Rule the outlying cites

• King

What is a religious system?

• belief in no god

• a money system

• belief in a god or gods and forms of worship

• a counting system

People in Sumer practice their religion by carving (a)   . They also built giant towers called (b)   to house the gods. The Sumerians built (c)   on these towers, hoping that the god would use them to descend to Earth.

• statues
• ziggurats
• stairs
• chapels

• pyramids