Chapter 3 Study Guide Flashcards
Sumerian city centers were dominated by their __________.
Temples
The city state of ________ rose to power after the death of Sargon.
Ur
Sumerians used sharp ___________ to make symbols on clay tablets.
Styluses
The army of the ________________________ defeated all the city states of Sumer and conquered northern Mesopotamia.
Akkadian Territory
A king known as ____________ became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature.
Gilgamesh
T or F? Sumerian women could be important religious leaders.
True
Babylon was located near present day Baghdad, Iraq.
True
T or F? Hunter gatherer groups first settled in Mesopotamia more than 20,000 years ago.
False, 12,000
T or F? The amount of land controlled by each city state depended on its population.
False, military strength
T or F? Sumerians developed a math system based on the number 100.
False, 60
Countryside areas
Rural
Land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler
Empire
Picture symbols
Pictographs
A wheeled, horse drawn cart used in battle
Chariot
Long poems that tell the stories of heroes
Epics
A set of letters that can be combined to form words
Alphabet
Large arc of rich,fertile farmland
Fertile Crescent
The world’s first system of writing
Cuneiform
The division of society by rank or class
Social Hierarchy
A way of supplying water to an area of land
Irrigation
City areas
Urban
A ruler of a kingdom or empire
Monarch
The worship of many gods
Polytheism
