Mesopotamia Nomads to Farmers

What tool did the Sumerians develop that helped them plant?

• pitch fork

• chariot

• hammer

• plow

What did the Sumerians build to control the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

• villages

• levees

• city-states

• ziggurats

What do the rivers leave behind that make the land good for growing crops?

• irrigation

• water for crops

• rich soil

• water plants

What was the first thing the Sumerians got really good at?

• hunting and gathering

• farming and agriculture

• building pyramids

• exploration

What did the taxes pay for?

• city-states

• army and improvements to the city

• protection

• farming and agriculture

Who owned the land and everything on it?

• the king

• the pharoah

• the monarchy

• the gods

What was the Sumerians’ best invention?

• metal

• wheel

• plow

• pitch fork

What did they make their bricks out of?

• rocks from the river

• mud baked in the sun

• silt from flooding

• granite from mountains

The kings had the highest position in Sumer. Who was next in power?

• queen

• priests

• warriors

• slaves

What were Sumerian temples called?

• towers

• pyramids

• ziggurats

• temples