History of the World - The Sumerians (4.1) Vocab

The flooded rivers of Mesopotamia carried small particles of rich soil called ______.

• Sand

• Silt

• Clay

• Gravel

In Sumerian city-states, people worshipped their gods in a temple called a

• Cathedral

• Forum

• Shrine

• Ziggurat

Cuneiform writers who kept record of daily events were called what?

• A reporter

• A scribe

• A peasant

• A secretary

Sumerian cities and the surrounding area that governed itself was called what?

• A city government

• A state government

• A city-state

• A province

What do you call the belief in more than one god?

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Catholicism

• Protestant

What is irrigation?

• a system of rivers and streams that flow into a bigger body of water

• a narrow piece of land linking two larger areas of land

• a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams

• many scattered islands surrounded by an expanse of water

An amount that is left over after a need has been met is called?

• supply

• survive

• surplus

• sufficient

A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay is called?

• Cursive

• Hieroglyphics

• Logographs

• Cuneiform

A long poem about a hero is called?

• epic

• fiction

• satire

• hymns