2-2 Mesopatamia

Question 1

A powerful city-state in 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 Gilamash”

Answer 4

Gilamash

Question 5

c. 2400 B.C. - 2300 B.C. Akkadian king who united all of the city-states of Mesopotamia under his 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 of Ur

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

polythesim

Question 12

A professional writer

Answer 12

scribe

Question 13

A form of wedge-shaped 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