Week 7 DFA

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What two rivers is Mesopotamia located between?

• The Nile and The Tigris
• The Tigris and The Mississippi
• The Euphrates and The Tigris
• The Euphrates and The Nile

Why did irrigation in Mesopotamia lead to an increase in population?

• Farming lead to a stable food supply meaning, people can settle down and expand their families.
• Farming lead to starvation and the population did not grow.
• Farming lead to more food and more people started to starve leading to a decrease in population.
• Farming lead to no change in the population.

Why did Sumerians believe the success of their society depended on the priest?

• There was no success in society.
• The priest were not depended on and people did not want help from the priest.
• The believe that only the priest could communicate with the gods and they had the power to keep the gods happy for good things in their society.
• The people only looked to the kings to make the decisions.

What is a Ziggurat?

• a pyramid shaped school where the priests went to school to learn how to talk to the gods.
• A pyramid shaped tower with a temple at the top used for worshipping of the gods.
• A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper.
• A Sumerian writing system that used wedged-shaped marks made in soft clay.

Why was writing (CUNEIFORM) important to the civilization becoming more prosperous?

• The Sumerians started keeping written records about taxes and trades, as well as their own history.
• The Sumerians did not have a writing system.
• The Sumerians used writing to plow their field to plant more crops.
• The Sumerians did not know how to use the alphabet and they had no language.