S.S. 10-7-14

Question 0

Sumer centrally located in _______

Answer 0

Mesopotamia

Question 1

Professional writers who kept records for kings and priests✒️

Answer 1

Scribe

Question 2

Mesopotamia had rich _____ and _____.

Answer 2

Soil and rivers

Question 3

Mesopotamia is “_________“⭐️

Answer 3

“Land between two rivers”

Question 4

Mesopotamia is located between _____ and _____ rivers.❄️It is also part of an area called___ _______ _____.

Answer 4

Tigris and Euphrates

The Fertile Crescent

Question 5

______ and ______ flooded each spring and left _____ top soil good for farming

Answer 5

Tigris and Euphrates

Fertile

Question 6

In the Rivers of Life and Death, _____ would sometimes come without warning sweeping away___,_____, and _____.

Answer 6

Floods
People
Animals
Houses

Question 7

Food _______ encouraged the building of cities

Answer 7

Surpluses

Question 8

Cities were ___ apart therefore cities did not have the same ____ and ________.

Answer 8

Far
Rulers
Government

Question 9

A city with its own special God or goddess , government and king

Answer 9

City- State

Question 10

Sumerian city features✒️
Small, \_\_\_\_ streets
Homes with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 
\_\_\_\_ pipes underground
Public squares with \_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 10

Narrow
Courtyards
Clay
Merchants
Entertainers

Question 11

Main temple of the gods of the city made of terraces on top of each other with ramps and stairs

Answer 11

Ziggurat

Question 12

Belief in many gods

Answer 12

Polytheism

Question 13

Stories about Gods that explain people’s beliefs

Answer 13

Myths

Question 14

____-_____ began to argue over land

Answer 14

City-States

Question 15

How did the geography of Mesopotamia make this a likely area for the rise of civilization

Answer 15

Mesopotamia had special attractions that drew people to settle there. Most important to the people,it had rich soil and life-giving rivers.These attractions drew people who became farmers and city builders.Sumer’s central location within the ancient world drew many traders

Question 16

What geographic features helped civilizations develop in Mesopotamia

Answer 16

In the spring, melting snow picked up tons of topsoil as it rushed down from the mountains and flooded the land. The floods left this topsoil on the plain below. Farmers grew crops in this soil. The rivers also supplied fish; tall strong reeds used to make boats; and clay for building

Question 17

How did Mesopotamia become a center of trade

Answer 17

Sumer’s central location within the ancient world drew many traders

Question 18

The _____ and _____ meet in the southern part of modern _____

Answer 18

Tigris and Euphrates

Iraq