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L5 Vocab/ Study Guide Flashcards

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a craftsperson

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Artisan

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A task or a problem that tests a person’s abilities

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Challenge

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Civilization

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

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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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Cuneiform

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A way of life 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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Network

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A symbol 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 invitations 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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Ziggurat

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A society has a _ if it has enough for its people

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Food

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Which ancient Sumerians most likely lived in a two-story house near the center of the city?
The

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Gov officials, kings, nobles, priest

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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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Which inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?

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Irrigation systems and plows

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

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Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?

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He was supported by the Gods

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Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?

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They recorded laws, counteracts and were the first to develop a system of written language

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Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?

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The invention of the wheel

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What evidence was found by archeologists shows that the Sumerians were not prehistoric

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The evidence of written records

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What did Sumerians use to produce cuneiform?

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Sharpened reeds

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Record of the goods people exchanged were made on ____

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Clay tablets

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What invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?

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The arch

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