Ancient Sumer Assessment

What do we call a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure?

• merchant

• artisan

• scribe

• culture

• civilization

What do we call the way a civilization is organized?

• cuneiform

• artisan

• scribe

• social structure

• merchant

The use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes is called _______________.

• cuneiform

• ziggurat

• scribe

• social structure

• technology

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?

• messy region to live in

• region that can be tamed

• land between two rivers

• land near the mountains

Growing enough food for families and having extra to sell.

• Written Language and Learning

• Stable Food Supply

• Arts

• Trade

____________ establishes rules and laws to protect the people of the civilization.

• Government

• Trade

• Infrastructure

• Culture

A person who makes money by selling goods

• cuneiform

• artisan

• scribe

• culture

• merchant

This person's job was to write, often keeping official records.

• king

• government official

• scribe

• writer

What is cuneiform?

• a way of worship

• a system of farming

• a system of writing

• a type of medicine

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a civilization?

• Stable food supply

• Government

• Religion

• Foraging