Rise of Sumer

What did most Sumerians do for a living?

• Priest 
• Merchant
• Farmer
• Soldier

Sumerians lived in communities known as.....

• city-states
• rural areas
• villages
• urban areas

Another word for a city area is......

• rural
• urban
• empire

Another word for a countryside area is......

• rural
• urban
• empire

All Sumerian city-states had an army and walls around the city for protection.

• True
• False

True or False: City-states would fight each other over natural resources.

• True
• False

This was the leader who created the first empire by taking over all of Sumer.

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Uruk
• Ur

Land with different territories & peoples under one ruler.

• empire
• rural
• urban
• polytheism 

What was the name of the civilization that took over Sumer.

• Uruk
• Akkadians
• Ur
• Kish

True or False: Sargon's army was a volunteer army that was equipped with spears and swords.

• True
• False