Exploring Sumer Through a Kid's Perspective

Exploring Sumer Through a Kid's Perspective

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History

6th - 10th Grade

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Mia Campbell

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What task did the teacher in Nippur assign to the students?

To write a journal about their lives and country

To draw a map of Mesopotamia

To build a model of the ziggurat

To create a timeline of Sumerian history

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary occupation of early Sumerians before they settled in one place?

Hunting and gathering

Trading

Pottery

Fishing

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What discovery allowed the Sumerians to stop wandering and settle in one place?

The domestication of animals and farming

The invention of the wheel

The building of ziggurats

The creation of writing

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What tool did the Sumerians invent to help with farming?

The stylus

The calendar

The plow

The wheel

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Sumerians control the flooding of the rivers?

By building dams

By constructing levees and gated ditches

By using sandbags

By digging canals

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the Sumerian calendar?

To record historical events

To measure time and predict floods

To schedule trade routes

To track religious festivals

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the ziggurat in Nippur called?

The Temple of Enlil

The House of the Gods

The Pyramid of Sumer

Eddy Ronke

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