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Ancient Sumer- Chapter 5 Vocab

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

artisan

a)

a craftsperson

b)

a teacher

c)

crafts and goods

d)

the marketplace

2.

civilization

a)

when two people are polite to one another

b)

a farming town with agriculture

c)

a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

d)

the paleolithic people

3.

challenge

a)

a portion of a farmer's crop

b)

understanding of a concept

c)

a way to measure success

d)

a task or problem that tests a person’s abilities

4.

culture

a)

a part of a family tradition in neolithic times

b)

a characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people

c)

one's religion

d)

theatre

5.

cuneiform

a)

a farmer's tool used for the harvest

b)

the irrigation system of the neolithic people

c)

writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

d)

a grinding mill

6.

luxury

a)

a voyage to the bigger cities

b)

a way of life that offers much more than what is necessary

c)

a tribe of people in ancient times

d)

a type of specialized job

7.

merchant

a)

a person who makes money by selling goods

b)

a type of ship that carried goods

c)

another word for trade

d)

a social class

8.

network

a)

a signal given to others

b)

an interconnected system of channels or lines

c)

a way of life in neolithic times that included farming

d)

another word for crops

9.

pictograph

a)

a symbol that stands for an object

b)

a picture of a landscape

c)

one of the earliest forms of entertainment

d)

used by kings to tell the future of the year's harvest

10.

scribe

a)

a pen tool made from obsidian

b)

a type of paper made by early people

c)

a person who writes

d)

a farming tool used during harvest

11.

social structure

a)

a trading post

b)

a way of life in Paleolithic Times

c)

the measure of wealth of a person

d)

the way a civilization is organized

12.

ziggurat

a)

a type of specialized job developed in neolithic times

b)

Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

c)

a type of tool made from stone and metal

d)

another word for Pharaoh