Chapter 3 Study Guide

Question 0

Sumerian city centers were dominated by their __________.

Answer 0

Temples

Question 1

The city state of ________ rose to power after the death of Sargon.

Answer 1

Ur

Question 2

Sumerians used sharp ___________ to make symbols on clay tablets.

Answer 2

Styluses

Question 3

The army of the ________________________ defeated all the city states of Sumer and conquered northern Mesopotamia.

Answer 3

Akkadian Territory

Question 4

A king known as ____________ became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature.

Answer 4

Gilgamesh

Question 5

T or F? Sumerian women could be important religious leaders.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Babylon was located near present day Baghdad, Iraq.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T or F? Hunter gatherer groups first settled in Mesopotamia more than 20,000 years ago.

Answer 7

False, 12,000

Question 8

T or F? The amount of land controlled by each city state depended on its population.

Answer 8

False, military strength

Question 9

T or F? Sumerians developed a math system based on the number 100.

Answer 9

False, 60

Question 10

Countryside areas

Answer 10

Rural

Question 11

Land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler

Answer 11

Empire

Question 12

Picture symbols

Answer 12

Pictographs

Question 13

A wheeled, horse drawn cart used in battle

Answer 13

Chariot

Question 14

Long poems that tell the stories of heroes

Answer 14

Epics

Question 15

A set of letters that can be combined to form words

Answer 15

Alphabet

Question 16

Large arc of rich,fertile farmland

Answer 16

Fertile Crescent

Question 17

The world’s first system of writing

Answer 17

Cuneiform

Question 18

The division of society by rank or class

Answer 18

Social Hierarchy

Question 19

A way of supplying water to an area of land

Answer 19

Irrigation

Question 20

City areas

Answer 20

Urban

Question 21

A ruler of a kingdom or empire

Answer 21

Monarch

Question 22

The worship of many gods

Answer 22

Polytheism