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Cities of Sumer

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the King that united the city-states of Sumer?

a)

Summer

b)

Ur

c)

Sargon

d)

Miss Harris

2.

What is this picture of?

a)

scribe

b)

ziggurat

c)

empire

d)

cuneiform

3.

What is cuneiform?

a)

The belief in many gods and goddesses

b)

A large pyramid with several stories built by ancient Sumerians, Assyrians, and Babylonians

c)

A system of writing that was developed in ancient Sumer

d)

A self-governing city with surrounding lands and villages

4.

A professional writer who kept records and copied letter and official documents is called...

a)

a scribe

b)

a city-state

c)

an empire

d)

a ziggurat

5.

This is a self-governing city that usually had lands and villages surrounding it...

a)

city

b)

city-state

c)

town

d)

state

6.

When someone is polytheistic, they believe in _______ gods/goddesses

a)

many

b)

one

c)

none

7.

A group of lands and peoples ruled by one government is called...

a)

a ziggurat

b)

a farm

c)

a town

d)

an empire

8.

She was a Sumerian priestess, poet and daughter of Sargon

a)

Enheduana

b)

Sumer

c)

Gilgamesh

9.

He was a legendary Mesopotamian king and hero.

a)

Enheduana

b)

Sumer

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Gilgamesh

10.

What is Sumer?

a)

A large pyramid.

b)

The belief in many gods and goddesses.

c)

A group of ancient city-states in Southern Mesopotamia. The earliest civilization in Mesopotamia

d)

King who united the city-states of Sumer to create and empire