L5 Vocab/Study Guide Flashcards
A craftsperson
Artisan
A task or problem that tests a person’s abilities
Challenge
A society marked by developed arts,sciences,government,and social structure
Civilization
To bring something new into being
Create
A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people
Culture
Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
Cuneiform
A way of life that offers much more than what is necessary
Luxury
A person who makes money by selling goods
Merchant
An interconnected system of channels or lines
Network
A symbol that stands for an object
Pictograph
Someone who is trained in a particular career
Professional
A person who writes
Scribe
The way a civilization is organized
Social structure
The use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes
Technology
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
Ziggurat
A society has a blank if it has enough for its people
Stable food supply
Which ancient Sumerians most likely lived in two-story house near the center of the city
Priests, kings, nobles, and government officials
Small mud-brick houses at the edge of the city were the homes of
Farmers and fishers
Which inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer
Irrigation systems and plows
Who had the filling’s responsibilities (lead the army, enforce the laws, have temples built)
Kings
Which Sumerians belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?
He was supported but the gods
Why were scribes important in Sumerians government
They wrote the laws/contrats
Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots
The weel
What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric
They had written records
