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WorksheetsAncient Sumer - Introduction
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
The rise of Ancient Sumer took place around....
3500 B.C.E.
1500 B.C.E.
2500 B.C.E.
4500 B.C.E.
170 years ago...
coffee was worshipped as a god in Ancient Sumer.
archaeologists had no idea that Sumerian people had lived at all.
archaeologists discovered the 1st musical instrument.
The Fertile Crescent is also called
Saudia Arabia
Israel
Mesopotamia
Ur
Sumer was a challenging place to live in since...
it had hot summers
it had little rain
it had rivers the flooded the land in the Spring
Ur, Lagash, and Uruk were all examples of Sumerian...
animals native to Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian city-states
types of Mesopotamian religions
examples of coffee cultures only found in Mesopotamia
Which of the following are Characteristics of a Civilization?
social structure
government
stable food supply
religion
technology
Sumerians invented two key inventions to help them create a stable food supply. Those inventions where....
the wheel and law system
the calendar and wheel
the plow and complex irrigation systems
the plow and wheel
In Mesopotamian society, the middle class was made up of...
slaves
merchants, artisans, farmers, and fishers
priests, kings, government officials, and nobles
merchants and artisans
Obeying the will of the gods was one of the Sumerian's strongest beliefs because it...
helped reinforce (strengthen) Sumerian social order
belief that Sumerian gods supported their kings
belief that coffee is better than horchata
Sumerians needed a government
Which of the following was a duty of the government in Sumerian city-states?
enforce (make sure) people obey laws
collect taxes
recording laws
leading the Sumerian army
a set of beliefs, usually in god or gods, as well as various forms of worship is called...
a ziggurat
a culture
Mesopotamia
a religious system
an ancient Mesopotamian tower with outside staircase and a shrine at the top.
Mesopotamia
ziggurat
city-state
pyramid
Sumerian religion was important in Sumer because it created a common way for people to connect with on another.
True
False
The most important technological invention created by the Sumerians was...
cuneiform
the wheel
law system
arch
chariots
Before the wheel, people had to drag their goods on flat-bottomed carts called...
wagons
chariots
cuneiform
sledges
_____________ added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings. Some historians say that it was the Sumerians' greatest architectural achievement.
cuneiform
the wheel
the law system
arch
chariots
The Sumerian written language was called...
pictographs
ziggurat
cuneiform
Cuneiform developed from a simpler form of writing called pictographs.
True
False
