2.2 Mesopotamia

Question 1

a powerful city-state on southern Mesopotamia.

Answer 1

Sumer

Question 2

a city-state in northern Mesopotamia, the ruler of which conquered all the city-states of Mesopotamia and formed the world’s first empire.

Answer 2

Akkad

Question 3

a large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia.

Answer 3

Uruk

Question 4

c. 2700 b.c. Sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Answer 4

Gilgamesh

Question 5

c. 2400 b.c.-2300 b.c. Akkadian king who united all of of the city-states of Mesopotamia under is rule, forming the world’s first empire.

Answer 5

Sargon

Question 6

c. 2330 b.c. Daughter of Sargon and was appointed the high priestess.

Answer 6

Enheduanna

Question 7

c. 2200 b.c.-2100 b.c. Sumerian king who founded the last and most successful dynasty of Ur.

Answer 7

Ur-Nammu

Question 8

c.2100 b.c. King of the Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was also the son of Ur-Nammu.

Answer 8

Shulgi

Question 9

a huge, pyramid- shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, rectangular platforms.

Answer 9

ziggurat

Question 10

an organized community with established rules and traditions.

Answer 10

society

Question 11

the worship of many gods.

Answer 11

polytheisem

Question 12

a professional writer.

Answer 12

scribe

Question 13

a form of wedge-shape writing used in ancient times.

Answer 13

cuneiform

Question 14

to defeat.

Answer 14

conquer

Question 15

a large territory consisting of many different places under the control of a single ruler.

Answer 15

empire

Question 16

a ruling family.

Answer 16

dynasty