chapter 2 lesson 1

Question 1

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

Answer 1

ziggurat

Question 2

an organized community with established rules and transitions

Answer 2

socity

Question 3

the worship of many gods

Answer 3

polythesim

Question 4

a professional writer

Answer 4

scribe

Question 5

a form of wedge-shaped writing used in ancent times

Answer 5

cuniform

Question 6

to defeat

Answer 6

conquer

Question 7

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

Answer 7

empire

Question 8

the ruling family of an empire

Answer 8

dynasty

Question 9

a powerful city-state in southern Mesopotamia

Answer 9

Sumer

Question 10

a city-state in northern Mesopotamia, the ruler of which conquered all the city-states of Mesopotamia and formed the worlds first empire

Answer 10

Akkad

Question 11

a large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia

Answer 11

Uruk

Question 12

a Sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh

Answer 12

Gilgamesh

Question 13

Akkadian king who untied all of the city-states of Mesopotamia under his rule, forming the world’s first empire

Answer 13

Sargon

Question 14

daughter of Sargon and was appointed the priestess of Ur.

Answer 14

Enheduanna

Question 15

Sumerian king who founded the last and most successful dynasty of Ur.

Answer 15

Ur-Nammu

Question 16

king of Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was also the son of Ur-Nammu

Answer 16

Shulgi