Lesson 5 Vocab

Question 1

Artisan

Answer 1

A craftsperson

Question 2

Challenge

Answer 2

A task or problem that tests a person’s abilities

Question 3

Civilization

Answer 3

A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

Question 4

Create

Answer 4

To bring something new into being

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people

Question 6

Cuneiform

Answer 6

Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

Question 7

Luxury

Answer 7

A way of life that offers much more than what is necessary

Question 8

Merchant

Answer 8

A person who makes money by selling goods

Question 9

Network

Answer 9

An interconnected system of channels or lines

Question 10

Pictograph

Answer 10

A symbol that stands for an object

Question 11

Professional

Answer 11

Some one who is trained in a particular career

Question 12

Scribe

Answer 12

A person who writes

Question 13

Social structure

Answer 13

The way a civilization is organized

Question 14

Technology

Answer 14

The use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes

Question 15

Ziggurat

Answer 15

An ancient Mesopotamia temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

Question 16

A society has a _____ if it has enough for its people

Answer 16

Stable food supply

Question 17

Which ancient Sumerians most likely lived in a two-story house near the center of the city?

Answer 17

Government officials, Nobles, Kings, Priests

Question 18

Small, mud-brick houses at the edge of the city were the homes of ______?

Answer 18

Farmers

Question 19

Which inventions most affected the food supply is Sumer?

Answer 19

Irrigation system

Question 20

Who had the following responsibilities? ( lead the army, enforce the laws, have temples built)

Answer 20

The king

Question 21

Which Sumerian belief about the king help strengthen the social order?

Answer 21

He was supported by the gods

Question 22

Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?

Answer 22

Because they recorded laws and contracts

Question 23

Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?

Answer 23

Wheels

Question 24

What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?

Answer 24

Written records

Question 25

What did Sumerians use to produce cuneiform?

Answer 25

Wedge shaped stylus

Question 26

Record of the goods people exchange were made on _____.

Answer 26

Clay tablets

Question 27

What invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?

Answer 27

U or V-shaped structure built about a doorway