BMMS 3-2 Mesopotamia

Keeping track of things and measuring surplus would fall under which trait of a civilization?

• Record Keeping
• Advanced Cities
• Complex Institutions
• Advanced Technology

The bronze tools would fall under which trait of a civilization?

• Advanced Cities
• Advanced Technology
• Record Keeping
• Specialized Workers

Agriculture leads to settling down in villages. Villages lead to cities and _______________.

• domestication
• civilization
• religion
• social hierarchy

Why did the Sumerians keep written records?

• Written records created jobs for scribes.
• Sumerians wanted to keep a record for history.
• Sumerians wanted to write down ancient languages.
• Sumerian merchants and traders wanted to keep a record of what they bought and sold.

Which sequence of events shows how Mesopotamia developed?

• People formed division of labor. The population grew. Farming was the basis of society.
• People built cities. People grew crops. People built canals.
• People made laws. People moved to villages and cities. People lived where crops would grow.
• People settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed.

The oldest city in the world is ______?

• Ur
• Babylon
• Mesopotamia
• Kish

What purpose did a wall around a city-state serve?

• to protect inhabitants of the city-state from attack
• to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
• to protect inhabitants of a city-state from a flood
• to keep people from moving to another city-state

Was Mesopotamia the first civilization?

• Yes
• No

How did warfare change the Sumerian government?

• Powerful men who ruled during wars became kings.
• They believed the gods could prevent trouble.
• People believed that the souls of the dead went to the land of no return.
• Sumer had a complex society and culture.

What is a city-state?

• A self-governing city and its surrounding villages.
• a state full of cities.
• a city and all the countryside around it.
• a populated area that is larger than a state but smaller that a city.