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Chapter 2, Lesson 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Men being in charge of government is an example of _______.

a)

silt

b)

ziggurat

c)

scribes

d)

patriarchy

2.

The name of the temple where Sumerians went to pray.

a)

epic

b)

ziggurat

c)

cuneiform

d)

polytheism

3.

Small bits of soil that made the land fertile.

a)

silt

b)

Irrigation

c)

city-states

d)

patriarchy

4.

The belief in many gods is called _____.

a)

surpluses

b)

polytheism

c)

city-states

d)

irrigation

5.

Too much of something is called _____.

a)

surplus

b)

silt

c)

cuneiform

d)

scribes

6.

The word for a city and the land around it.

a)

city-state

b)

polytheism

c)

patriarchy

d)

silt

7.

The name for bringing water to land.

a)

polytheism

b)

irrigation

c)

surplus

d)

epic

8.

A writer of the Sumerian language

a)

patriarchy

b)

ziggurat

c)

epic

d)

scribe

9.

The written language of Sumer

a)

irrigation

b)

silt

c)

polytheism

d)

cuneiform

10.

A long poem that tells the story of a hero.

a)

epic

b)

scribe

c)

surplus

d)

ziggurat