WorksheetsLesson 16 - Sumer City-States - Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Where was Sumer located?
Sumer was a region in southern Mesopotamia.
Sumer was located in the African plains of Zamunda
Sumer was a region in southern Zamunda
What were people from Sumer called?
Sumericans
Sumerians
Sumertites
Which of the following cities was not a major city in ancient Sumer?
Ur
Eridu
Pahokee
The cities of Sumer became centers of civilization that controlled which river valleys?
The Euphrates and Tigris
The Nile and Gambia
The Danube and the Thames
What is a city-state?
A city that has the same name as
the state it is located in
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
A city that is bigger than a neighboring state, like New York City and Delaware
What cut off Sumer’s cities from its neighbors?
A naval blockade enforced by the Roman navy after Sumer declared war on Rome
The bad storm that washed away lines of communication and destroyed roads and bridges
The Sumerian cities were surrounded by mudflats and patches of scorching desert which made it hard to travel by land and communicate with other groups.
What does “self-sufficient” mean?
One must be able to provide for their/her/his own needs without help from others.
Finding the best people to help you by themselves.
Being able to tell the difference from right and wrong even if it means that being wrong won’t make you right.
What is an example of the self-sufficiency of Sumerian cities?
Sumerian cities received thousands of dollars in foreign aid from neighboring kingdoms such as Axum
Local citizens in these cities made their own products and grew their own food.
When the roads and bridges were washed away by a terrible storm, Sumeranese people suffered from hunger
The consolidation of power and resources that came as a result of Sumerian self-sufficiency led to what?
The increased dependency on foreign oil for its chariots
A bigger national deficit that ballooned up to record levels
The rise of the Sumerian city-states
What is a city-state?
A city-state that has its own government and was not part of any larger governing state.
A city that has the same name as the state it is located in, like New York City.
A city that is bigger than a neighboring state, like New Orleans and Texas
Why was war between city-states common?
War between the city-states of
ancient Sumer were common because they wanted control of valuable resources.
War between the city-states of ancient Sumer were common because they wanted to acquire more land with access to and control of resources.
All of the above are why war between city-states was common in ancient Sumer.
When Sumerian city-states were not fighting with each over resources, what were they doing?
They were planning new wars so that they could launch sneak attacks and be victorious
City-states did business with each other trading resources were they were not fighting over the resources.
They closed up their city gates and did not let any strangers come for fear of enemy spies
Archaeological evidence such as artifacts have shown historians that each Sumerian city-state was protected by ________.
A large mud protective wall
A shallow, narrow moat filled with frogs
A vast forest filled with tall trees, dense bushes, and annoying trolls.
Why did the Sumerians build their cities’ protective walls from mud from the nearby rivers?
There was a lot of mud in the area
There was not enough wood or stone in the area
All of these answer choices explain why cities in Sumer used mud to build their city walls.
15.What is polytheism?
The knowledge of why: ‘probably’
Belief in more than one god.
A government made up of more than one political party
What were ziggurats?
Ziggurats were large temples built to honor different gods.
Obelisks made to honor Ziggy Ma-Ma Li, a legendary singer
Irrigation systems used to transport water to rivers to keep them full.
The top level of ziggurats were places were only _____ could enter.
Slaves
Farmers
High priests
Who were the first rulers of Sumerian city-states?
A ruling body of artisans who voted in a system of direct democracy
Religious leaders such as high priests
A tribe of Paleolithic hunters who were able to control fire
A state ruled by a religious leader is called a theocracy. What is a state ruled by a king or a queen called?
Monarchy
Kingacracy
Kleptocracy
TRUE OR FALSE: After the early rule of the high priests, the city-states of Sumer became monarchies.
True
False
According to what the Sumerian kings told the people, from whom did they receive their power to rule?
From the people via elections
From the city’s gods
From a random drawing of the local aristocracy
What does hereditary mean?
The ability to hear things without listening
The process that allows people to draw conclusions
The transfer of power for the new king goes from father to son
Define patriarchal:
The transfer of power, legacy, name, et cetera from father to son.
The process of listening to things without hearing
The ability to draw conclusion without evidence
How many class divisions existed in ancient Sumerian society and what were each?
Four groups: the West Class, the North Class, the South Class, the East Class
Three groups: upper class, middle class, lower class
Three groups: the Top Percentile, the Bubble People, the L25
Were the people the people of Sumer able to move socially?
Yes. The people of Sumeria were able to move into different social classes if they did well in school.
Yes, because the Sumericans were taught that if they worked hard enough, they could be whatever they wanted to be.
No because “people remained in the social class into which they were born.”
Who comprised the upper class of Sumerian society?
kings, princes, priests, warriors, government officials
Merchants, farmers, artisans, slaves
Prisoners of war, criminals, and personal injury attorneys
What did the middle class of Sumerian society consist of?
Kings, queens, priests, government officials
merchants (traders, business people, entrepreneurs), farmers, fishermen, artisans
people who could not pay their debts, criminals, personal injury attorneys, Art Basel tourists
What is a synonym for merchant?
Trader
Entrepreneur
Both trader and entrepreneur are synonyms for merchant. So is business person.
The lower class of Sumerian society was made up of _______.
enslaved people
kings, farmers, personal injury attorneys
priests, merchants, Art Basel tourists
Which social class had the largest number of people in ancient Sumer?
The upper class comprised the largest number of people
The middle class comprised of the largest number of people
The top percentile class comprised the largest number of people
Why were people typically enslaved in the ancient Sumerian city-states?
They were captured in war or they were criminals
They could not pay off their debts
All of the groups of people mentioned were typically enslaved in Sumer.
If the middle class in ancient Sumer had more people than the upper class, what kept the upper class in power?
The upper class had slaves from the lower class working for them for free
The upper class worked harder than the middle and lower classes
God chose the upper class to be the rulers so no questioned if it made sense
Who was the head of the Sumerian family?
Everyone in the family had equal say
Men
Women
Who went to school in Sumer?
Girls
Girls and boys
Boys
Women having few civil rights, girls not being allowed to go to school or work outside of their homes are other examples of ________.
Patriarchy
Matriarchy
Theocracy
Most Sumerians were ______.
Rich
Farmers
Lumberjacks
According to the laws of Sumer, what were the responsibilities of adults?
Parents were obligated to care of their children.
Adults to take care of their elderly parents
Both of these responses are correct because adults in Sumer had to take care of their children as well as their parents when their parents became too old to care for themselves.
What were the primary agricultural products of ancient Sumer?
Barley, dates, and wheat.
Molasses, pineapples, potatoes
Peppers, avocados, corn
Why were merchants (traders) important to the Sumerian city-states?
Because everyone in Sumeritania was rich and they liked spending their money in stores
Because there were many items that people in Sumer wanted or needed that could only be found in other areas.
Because the merchants kept their stores and shops open on the weekends when the slaves of Sumer could shop on their days off.
40.Trade existed between the city-states of Sumer and _______.
Afghanistan, Egypt
India, Turkey
The city-states of Sumer traded with all of the places mentioned in these responses thus this is the correct answer
Where is Sumer on this map?
Can you find Mesopotamia?
What are the names of the rivers that served as the base for the Fertile Crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile and Amazon
Indus and Yangtze
Into what body of water do the Euphrates and Tigris rivers empty into?
The Red Sea
The Gulf of Aden
The Persian Gulf
Why would humans choose to build communities near rivers?
...because highways were not built yet to make automobile travel more efficient
...because the conditions for farming were good near rivers and trading was easier along rivers
...because the conditions for the building of palaces were not ideal because of the corrosive aspects of salt air near the ocean
Define "irrigation"
a system that provides water to crops
a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, and/or man-made streams
BOTH water to crops AND supplies dry land with water
As farmers became better at farming and controlling water supplies (irrigation), they often had _______
used their time ineffectively
problems with pests such as locusts, realtors, and personal injury attorneys
extra crops, or surplus
Why is Mesopotamia called “The Fertile Crescent”?
...because the area that is dry and barren is straight and unbending.
...because the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers created rich farmlands that curve up from the river delta at the Persian Gulf, up towards the Taurus Mountains, and then sharply southwest towards the Mediterranean Sea.
...because the land between the Gulf of Aden and the Red sea hooks sharply from the Paleolithic region of Axum and to the flat mountains of Persia.
Which prehistoric period was marked by humans as hunters and gatherers?
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Jurassic
Surplus food, efficient farming allows some members of a community to do other things. Some people became _______ which are skilled workers.
artisans
low-wage workers
unskilled laborers
