Ancient Sumer - Introduction

The rise of Ancient Sumer took place around....

• 3500 B.C.E.

• 1500 B.C.E.

• 2500 B.C.E.

• 4500 B.C.E.

170 years ago...

• coffee was worshipped as a god in Ancient Sumer.

• archaeologists had no idea that Sumerian people had lived at all.

• archaeologists discovered the 1st musical instrument.

The Fertile Crescent is also called

• Saudia Arabia

• Israel

• Mesopotamia

• Ur

Sumer was a challenging place to live in since...

• it had hot summers

• it had little rain

• it had rivers the flooded the land in the Spring

Ur, Lagash, and Uruk were all examples of Sumerian...

• animals native to Mesopotamia

• Mesopotamian city-states

• types of Mesopotamian religions

• examples of coffee cultures only found in Mesopotamia

Which of the following are Characteristics of a Civilization?

• social structure

• government

• stable food supply

• religion

• technology

Sumerians invented two key inventions to help them create a stable food supply. Those inventions where....

• the wheel and law system

• the calendar and wheel

• the plow and complex irrigation systems

• the plow and wheel

In Mesopotamian society, the middle class was made up of...

• slaves

• merchants, artisans, farmers, and fishers

• priests, kings, government officials, and nobles

• merchants and artisans

Obeying the will of the gods was one of the Sumerian's strongest beliefs because it...

• helped reinforce (strengthen) Sumerian social order

• belief that Sumerian gods supported their kings

• belief that coffee is better than horchata

• Sumerians needed a government

Which of the following was a duty of the government in Sumerian city-states?

• enforce (make sure) people obey laws

• collect taxes

• recording laws

• leading the Sumerian army