lesson 2 Mesopotamia

Question 1

a huge, pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, regular platforms.

Answer 1

ziggurat

Question 2

a city-state in northern Mesopotamia, the ruler of which conquered all the city-states of Mesopotamia and formed the world’s empire

Answer 2

Akkad

Question 3

a large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia

Answer 3

Uruk

Question 4

Sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh

Answer 4

Gilgamesh

Question 5

Akkadian king who united all of the city-states of Mesopotamia under his rule, forming the world’s first empire

Answer 5

Sargon

Question 6

Daughter of Sargon and was appointed the high priestess of Ur.

Answer 6

Enheduanna

Question 7

Sumerian king who founded the last and most successful dynasty of Ur.

Answer 7

Ur-Nummu

Question 8

King of Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was also the son of Ur-Numma

Answer 8

Shulgi

Question 9

an organized community with established rules and traditions

Answer 9

society

Question 10

the worship of many gods

Answer 10

polytheism

Question 11

a professional writer

Answer 11

scribe

Question 12

a form of wedge shaped writing used in ancient times

Answer 12

cuneiform

Question 13

to defeat

Answer 13

conquer

Question 14

a large territory consisting of many different places under control of a single ruler

Answer 14

empire

Question 15

a ruling family

Answer 15

dynasty