WorksheetsWH T2 Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Many empires were divided into political districts called ________ which were ruled as individual territories.
PROVINCES
CITIES
CONTINENTS
KINGDOMS
A(n) ________ is a society dominated by men.
PATRIARCHY
MATRIARCHY
DEMOCRACY
OLIGARCHY
When a country takes control of a new territory, that territory becomes the country's ________.
COLONY
CAPITAL
ALLIANCE
CITIZEN
A(n) ________ is a group of letters that stand for sounds.
ALPHABET
SYLLABLE
WORD
SENTENCE
A belief in more than one god is called ________.
POLYTHEISM
MONOTHEISM
ATHEISM
AGNOSTICISM
A(n) ________ is a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top.
ZIGGURAT
OBELISK
STUPA
DOME
Rulers such as Sargon gained wealth by collecting payments called ________ from conquered peoples.
TRIBUTE
TAXES
LOANS
GIFTS
The Sumerians developed a writing system called ________, which used wedge-shaped marks.
CUNEIFORM
HIEROGLYPHICS
ALPHABET
PICTOGRAPHS
Though it is comprised of many lands, a(n) ________ is ruled by one leader.
EMPIRE
VILLAGE
TRIBE
REPUBLIC
Sumerian civilization was initially formed of several independent ________ that each included a city and its surrounding areas.
CITY-STATES
KINGDOMS
EMPIRES
TRIBES
Describe the nature and structure of Sumerian society.
Sumerian society was divided into social classes. Most enslaved workers were people who had been captured in war.
Sumerian society was based on a nomadic lifestyle with no social hierarchy.
Sumerian society was primarily made up of hunter-gatherers with no permanent settlements.
Sumerian society was ruled by a single king with no division of labor or class.
