WorksheetsSumerians Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What are the Sumerians famous for?
Fighting with the Greeks
Forming the first human civilization
Conquering Ancient Egypt
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The library at Nineveh
What was the basic division of government throughout the Sumer land?
Counties
Satrapies
City-states
Provinces
Empires
Which of the following is considered an important invention by the Sumerians?
Writing
Government
Irrigation
Wheeled vehicles
All of the above
What was the temple called that was located at the center of each city?
Ziggurat
Pyramid
Center temple
Crossroads
Nexus
What do we call the land called where the Sumer lived?
Israel
Egypt
Mediterranean
Mesopotamia
Macedonia
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
Gods worshiped by the Sumerians
The two most famous Kings of the Sumer
Major cities located in Mesopotamia
Deserts located to each side of where the Sumer originally settled
Major rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia
Which of the following was NOT a major city of the Sumerian people?
Eridu
Uruk
Gilgamesh
Sippar
Ur
How was the number 60 important to the Sumerians?
It was the number of gods they worshiped
It was the base number for their mathematics and numbering system
It stood for the number of major cities in the area
They considered the number 60 unlucky and never used it
They had 60 letters in their alphabet
True or false: The Sumerians were always peaceful and had no need of armies or walls around their cities.
TRUE
FALSE
What were their homes made of?
Tents made from animal hides
Wood
Stone
Sun-dried bricks
They did not have homes
