Lesson 5 Vocabulary: Ancient Sumer

A craftsperson

• Merchant

• Artisan

• Scribe

• Archaeologist

A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

• Social structure

• Civilization

• City-state

• Technology

A characteristic of civilization that included the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people

• Social structure

• Culture

• Cuneiform

• Technology

Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

• Calligraphy

• Cuneiform

• Print

• Cursive

A person who makes money by selling goods

• Artisan

• Merchant

• Scribe

• Anthropologist

A symbol that stands for an object

• Cuneiform

• Scribe

• Pictograph

• Picture

A person who writes

• Scribe

• Artisan

• Farmer

• Merchant

The way a civilization is organized

• Social structure

• Scribe

• Culture

• Ziggurat

The use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes

• Trade

• Technology

• Pictograph

• Artisan

An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

• Structure

• Ziggurat

• Pyramid

• Temple