lessn 5 study guide and vocab

Question 1

artisan

Answer 1

a craftsperson

Question 2

challenge

Answer 2

a task or problem that tests a persons abilities

Question 3

civilization

Answer 3

a society marked by developed arts sciences goverment and social structure

Question 4

create

Answer 4

to bring something new into being

Question 5

cultures

Answer 5

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

Question 6

cuneiform

Answer 6

writing that uses wedge shaped characters

Question 7

luxury

Answer 7

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

Question 8

merchanta

Answer 8

person who makes money by selling goods

Question 9

network

Answer 9

am inter connected system off channels or lines

Question 10

pictograph

Answer 10

a symbol that stand for an object

Question 11

professional

Answer 11

someone who is trained in a particular career

Question 12

scribe

Answer 12

a person who writes

Question 13

social structure

Answer 13

the way a civilization is organized

Question 14

technology

Answer 14

the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes

Question 15

ziggurat

Answer 15

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

Question 16

a society has a _____ if it has enough for its people

Answer 16

stable food stable

Question 17

which surmerians most likely live in two story house near the center of the city

Answer 17

they were priests kings and nobles and goverment officials

Question 18

Small, mud-brick houses at the edge of the city were the homes of

Answer 18

farmer and fishers

Question 19

Which inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?

Answer 19

the plow and irrigation systems

Question 20

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

Answer 20

the kings gave the orders

Question 21

Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?

Answer 21

helped record laws

Question 22

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

Answer 22

the wheel

Question 23

What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?

Answer 23

they had written records

Question 24

What did Sumerians use to produce cuneiform

Answer 24

writing that uses wedge-shaped character

Question 25

Record of the goods people exchanged were made on

Answer 25

wet clay

Question 26

What invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?

Answer 26

arch

Question 27

which sumerian bellflower about king helped strengthen the social

Answer 27

he supported by the gods