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L5. Sg/vocab Flashcards

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crafts person

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Artisan

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task or problem that tests a person’s abilities

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challenge

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A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

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Civilization

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to bring something new into being

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Create

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a characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people

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culture

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writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

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Cunforium

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a way of life that offers much more than what is necessary

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Luxury

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a person who makes money by selling goods

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Merchant

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an interconnected system of channels or lines

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Net work

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Asymbol that stands for an object

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Pictograph

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someone who is trained in a particular career

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Professional

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A person who writes

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Scribe

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the way a civilization is organized

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Social structure

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the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes

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Technology

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an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

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Zigutat

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  1. A society has a
    if it has enough for its people.
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Stable food supply

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  1. Which ancient Sumerians most likely ived in a two-story house near the center of the city
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Priests, kings, noblemen,Government officials

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  1. Small, mud-brick houses at the edge of the city were the homes of
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Farmers and fishers

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4 Which inventions post afected the food supply in Sumer?

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Plows, irrigation

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  1. Who had the following responsibilities? (lead the army, enforce the laws, have temples built)
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Kings

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  1. Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?
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The gods were on his side

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  1. Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?
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Because they could develop written laws

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  1. Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?
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The wheel

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  1. What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?
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Because they can write and have written proof

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  1. What did Sumerians use to produce cuneiform?
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Sharp reeds

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  1. Record of the goods people exchanged were made on
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Wet clay

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  1. What invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?
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Arch

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