lesson 2 mesopotamia

Question 1

A powerful city-state in southern Mesopotamia.

Answer 1

Sumer

Question 2

A city-state in northern Mesopotamia, the ruler of which conquered all of the city-states of Mesopotamia and formed the worlds first empire.

Answer 2

Akkad

Question 3

A large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia.

Answer 3

Uruk

Question 4

c. 2700 b.c Sumerian king whose adventures were recovered in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Answer 4

Gilgamesh

Question 5

Akkadian who united all of the city-sates 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-Nammu

Question 8

King of Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was also the son of Ur-Nammu.

Answer 8

Shulgi

Question 9

A huge, pyramid structure consisting of series of stacked, rectangular platforms.

Answer 9

ziggurat

Question 10

An organized community with established rules and tradition.

Answer 10

society

Question 11

The worship of many gods.

Answer 11

polytheism

Question 12

A professional writer.

Answer 12

scribe

Question 13

A form of wedged shaped tools used for writing in ancient times.

Answer 13

cuneiform

Question 14

To defeat

Answer 14

conquer

Question 15

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

Answer 15

empire

Question 16

A ruling family

Answer 16

dynasty