1. 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt Mesopotamia Sumer Life & Society ContributionsPotpourri

2. Name for the land between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

3. What is Mesopotamia?

4. Mesopotamia is found in a region that is part of which modern country?

5. What is Iraq?

6. This is the reason the area along the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers is good for growing crops

7. What is the land is fertile from the silt?

8. What is the BEST way to describe the floodplain between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers?

9. What is a fertile?

10. This made other places in Mesopotamia different from Sumer

11. What is Sumer had ONE government?

12. This is where most Sumerians lived AFTER 3000 BC

13. What is in city-states?

14. This is why Sumerians were able to develop specialized skills

15. What is because there was a surplus of food?

16. The reason Sumerians used mud to make bricks

17. What is they had a plentiful supply of mud/very little wood or stone?

18. Trade caused this to change in Sumer

19. What is the need to develop writing?

20. This group of people had the most power & influence

21. Who are the priests?

22. These people made up the middle class of Sumerian society

23. Who are farmers & artisans?

24. The purpose of the ziggurat?

25. What is for religious services and rituals?

26. This was the lowest group in Sumerian society

27. Who are slaves?

28. This group of people can be found in every level of Sumerian society

29. Who are women?

30. These two items determined social class in Sumer

31. What is your wealth & occupation?

32. This was developed to keep business records

33. What is writing?

34. This everyday use item was invented by the Sumerians

35. What is the wheel?

36. This invention made farming easier

37. What is the plow?

38. The Sumerian writing system first used these?

39. What are pictures (pictographs)?

40. The reason historians know so much about Sumer

41. What is they left written records (HISTORY!)

42. This is what Sumerians depended on to grow crops

43. What are canals & irrigation?

44. The main building material for the Sumerians?

45. What is mud?

46. The role of gods in Sumer

47. What is to protect people?

48. A city with nearby villages & farms

49. What is a city-state?

50. Name examples for the following: 1. Specialized Workers 2. Complex Institutions 3. Sumerian Cities 4. Advanced Technology 5. Record Keeping

51. Name examples for the following: 1. Specialized Workers – priests, carpenters, potters, weavers, etc. 2. Complex Institutions – religion (the temple), government, army, school, etc. 3. Sumerian Cities – Kish, Nippur, Ur, etc. 4. Advanced Technology – plow, wheel, bronze, math, etc. 5. Record Keeping – business records, historical events

52. Final Jeopardy: Essay Questions

53. Essay Questions (You will be required to do one essay, but may complete a second for extra credit) Answers will need to be 3-5 sentences in length and restate the question. 1.Discuss three important contributions made by the ancient Sumerians. (Hint: Why are they important? How do they continue to impact us today?) 2.How did the geography of Mesopotamia benefit the people living there?

54. No answers to essays will be given here, but you have the opportunity to study and prepare for your essays. Ask me questions BEFORE the test.