1 In a Sumerian City State, which class of do land owners belong to?

Answer 1 Upper Class

2 True or False Most slaves lived in the center of the city

Answer 2 False Most slaves lived with their owners and never actually owned property

3 How might a farmer’s responsibility change during times of war?

Answer 3 They had to join the army

4 How were ziggurats used in Mesopotamia?

Answer 4 They were used to help bring the gods down to earth

5 How was music used in Sumer?

Answer 5 It was used to please the gods

6 What is a lyre?

Answer 6 A Wooden instrument made of a sound box and strings

7 What type of technology did the Sumerians develop?

Answer 7 Irrigation Ditches Plow Wheel Arch

8 What is cuneiform? What problems does it pose for people?

Answer 8 Cuneiform - writing that uses wedge- shaped characters. Problem –It had over 3000 characters

9 A symbol that stands for an object

Answer 9 Pictograph

10 What was a scribes’ role under the king?

Answer 10 To record laws

11 What was a governor’s role under the king?

Answer 11 Governors ruled over outlying towns

12 What were the responsibilities of a Sumerian king?

Answer 12 Taxes Maintain an army Built temples Maintain irrigation ditches

13 What class did Farmers belong to

Answer 13 Middle

14 Why were mud bricks so heavily used in this region?

Answer 14 Because they did not have other resources such as trees and rocks

15 What is a natural barrier?

Answer 15 Large body of water Mountains Rivers

16 The Zargos Mountain were considered an excellent place to live why?

Answer 16 Because they had plenty of rain and did not experience the floods that the lower levels did.

17 What are city states?

Answer 17 They are cities that act much like their own country

Question 18 What evidence shows that Sumerian society developed after the Stone Age? –Cooper bladed –Painted pottery –Wooden plows –Mud houses

Answer 18 Cooper bladed

Question 19 Ancient Sumerians invented irrigation systems and plows. What did these two inventions help provide?

Answer 19 A stable food supply

Question 20 “I live in a two-story house near the cernter of the city. I like to throw parties where my guests eat from gold plates and drink from gold cups.” –A farmer –A government official –A craftsperson –A merchant

Answer 20 Government official

21 The upper class, common class, and slaves were evidence of Sumer’s –Political system –Psychology –Social structure –Government

Answer 21 –Social structure

Question 22 Who did Sumerians believe lived in ziggurats –King –Priests –Scholars –Gods

Answer 22 Gods

23 Based on its name, what do you know about Mesopotamia –It is located between two rivers –It is located in the mountain foothills –It was home for a large population –It was home of the world’s first cities

Answer 23 It is located between two rivers

Question 24 What change, caused by farming in northerner Mesopotamia, led people to move south? –The population increased, and there wasn’t enough food. –The people fought, and they needed to find new places to live. –The climate changed, and it got to dry to keep living there. –The soil got overused, and plants could not longer grow there

Answer 24 –The population increased, and there wasn’t enough food.

25 Sumerians used levees, canals, and dams to do what?

Answer 25 –Control the amount of water in the valley

26 Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

Answer 26 He hopes to end the feud between the families

27 To express grief for about

Answer 27 Lamentable

28 Moving or progressing very slowly

Answer 28 Tedious

29 What is the difference between Tybalt and Benvolio

Answer 29 Benvolio – looks to create peace, honest, respectful Tybalt – like to fight, disrespectful

30 To narrate or discuss

Answer 30 Discourse

31 A companion or partner

Answer 31 Consort

32 Well grounded

Answer 32 Validity

33 Explain the purpose of the Nurse in the play

Answer 33 Acts as Juliet’s mother Helps Romeo and Juliet Answer will vary

34 Where do Romeo and Juliet meet?

Answer 34 At a Capulet ball

35 How does Romeo learn of the Capulet party

Answer 35 From a Capulet servant who cannot read

36 Just before Juliet is suppose to take the potion that will make her seem dead, she starts to worry about numerous things name two.

Answers 36 Friar Laurence is trying to kill her She may never wake up She will be locked in the tomb forever Tybalt will come back and haunt her and Romeo Answer will vary

37 Explain the role of masculinity in the play

Answer 37 Fighting between the two families Capulet and Juliet argument

38 Explain Friar Laurence role in the play

Answers 38 Marry Romeo and Juliet Develops a plan for Romeo and Juliet to escape Verona Answer will vary

39 How is there irony in Peter’s character

Answer 39 The Nurse is a servant to the Capulets and Peter is a servant to the Nurse

40 How does disease play a role in Romeo and Juliet

Answer 40 Friar John is not able to deliver to the news to Romeo; there by leading to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

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