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The Sumerians

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the basic political unity in Sumer?

a)

City-kingdoms

b)

City-empires

c)

Cities

d)

City-states

2.

How did the Sumerians get in contact with other civilizations?

a)

Trade/commerce

b)

Religion

c)

School system

d)

Agriculture

3.

What other civilization existed in Mesopotamia?

a)

The Twi'leks society

b)

The Akkadian Empire

c)

The Sargon Kingdom

d)

The Roman Empire

4.

What rivers existed around Sumer?

a)

The Tigris and Eustachio Rivers

b)

The Rivers and Euphrates Rivers

c)

The Woods and Euphrates Rivers

d)

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

5.

Did the Akkadian Empire destroy Sumer?

a)

Yes, they destroyed it completely

b)

No, they only destroyed some city-states

c)

No, they kept the city-states and their culture.

d)

No, they kept the city-states and destroyed their culture.

6.

How was the Sumerian religion?

a)

They were polytheists (believed in many gods)

b)

They were monotheists (believed in one god)

c)

They didn't believe in any gods.

d)

They were mutitheists (believed in one god of many faces)

7.

What was the most important building in the city-states?

a)

The ziggurats

b)

The pyramids

c)

The high towers

d)

The minerates

8.

What categories were part of the Sumerian social organization?

a)

King-priests, priests, generals, and slaves

b)

Kings, generals, Jedi, and slaves

c)

Slaves, traders, kings-priests, and architects

d)

King-priests, priests, merchants/traders, workers, and slaves

9.

What invention was important for Sumerian social organization?

a)

Writing

b)

Agriculture

c)

Mechanics

d)

Architecture

10.

What Sumerian inventions are still used today?

a)

Vehicles with wheels, science, diamonds, and iron

b)

Vehicles with wheels, science, writing, and bronze

c)

Vehicles without wheels, science, drawing, and bronze

d)

Diamonds, vehicles with wheels, science, and drawing