The Sumerians

Name

1. Greek for "land between the rivers"

• Mesopotamia
• cuneiform
• city-state
• irrigation
• civilization

2. Complex societies that have organized governments, culture and writing

• Mesopotamia
• cuneiform
• city-state
• irrigation
• civilization

3. A method that brings water to crops

• Mesopotamia
• cuneiform
• city-state
• irrigation
• civilization

4. Has its own government but is not part of any larger unit

• Mesopotamia
• cuneiform
• city-state
• irrigation
• civilization

5. A form of writing developed by the people of Sumer

• Mesopotamia
• cuneiform
• city-state
• irrigation
• civilization

6. A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle
• Gilgamesh
• ziggurat

7. Although most Sumerians were farmers, many made metal, cloth and pottery because they were skilled

• artisans.
• merchants.
• slaves.
• priests.

8. The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of household
• merchants

9. The calendar developed by the Sumerians was based on

• the number 60.
• the cycles of the moon.
• the Roman calendar.
• the geometry of the wheel.