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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.
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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 Farmersbelong 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?
