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Religion in Sumer

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This structure was the most important building within a city-state.

a)

The palace

b)

The ziggurat

c)

The surplus food supply room

d)

The two-story homes of the priests

2.
Which word describes the religion of the Sumerians?
a)
monotheistic
b)
polytheistic
c)
paganistic
d)
Christian
3.

What does polytheistic mean?

a)

belief in one god

b)

Belief in more than one god

4.

Sumerians believed in many gods including the powerful god Enlil--what is the belief in many gods known as?

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Atheism

d)

Nativism

5.
The ziggurat is most closely related to which characteristic of Sumerian society?
a)
religion
b)
music
c)
government
d)
stable food supply
6.
What was the writing system of Sumerians called?
a)
cuneiform
b)
hieroglyphics
c)
Sanskrit
d)
calligraphy
7.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
a)
a large arch of rich farmland in Mesopotamia 
b)
a way of dividing society by rank and class
c)
a political unit consisting of a city and surrounding countryside
d)
a way of accomplishing a task by assigning a job to an individual 
8.

Why were the gods important to Sumerians?

a)

They represented their wealth.

b)

They were a way to explain events-disease, weather

c)

They were a way to explain the economy-gold, copper

d)

Because thy were holy.

9.
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was
a)
between two rivers.
b)
in mountain foothills.
c)
near a region of many conflicts
d)
at the site of the earliest cities
10.
What were temples built by the Sumerians for the god?
a)
Arch
b)
Zigguarts
c)
Pictographs
d)
Chariots
11.
The world's first civilization?
a)
Sumer
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Fertile Crescent
d)
Iraq
12.

Another word for a craftsperson is a(n)

a)

artisan

b)

merchant

c)

scribe

d)

ziggurat

13.

Who was in the top social class?

a)

priests

b)

landowners

c)

fishers

d)

slaves

14.

What two rivers is Mesopotamia located between?

a)

Amazon and Indus

b)

Euphrates and Nile

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Tigris and Amazon

15.

Sumer was the first advanced city-state and used what for protection? Check all that apply.

a)

Alarm system

b)

Military

c)

Wall

d)

Electric fence

16.

They built temples in the middle of the city.

a)

True

b)

False

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