Lesson 5 Vocab And Study Guide

Question 1

A craftsperson

Answer 1

Artisan

Question 2

A task or problem that test a person’s abilities

Answer 2

Challenge

Question 3

A society marked by development arts, government, and social structure

Answer 3

Civilization

Question 4

To bring something new into being

Answer 4

Create

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Culture

Question 6

Writing that used wedge-shores characters

Answer 6

Cuneiform

Question 7

A way of life that offers much than what is necessary

Answer 7

Luxury

Question 8

A person who makes none by selling goods

Answer 8

Merchant

Question 9

An interconnected system of channels or lines

Answer 9

Network

Question 10

A symbol that stands for an object

Answer 10

Pictograph

Question 11

Someone who is trained in particular career

Answer 11

Professional

Question 12

A person who writes

Answer 12

Scribe

Question 13

The way a civilization is organized

Answer 13

Social structure

Question 14

the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes

Answer 14

Technology

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Ziggurat

Question 16

A society has a. If it has enough for its people

Answer 16

Stable food supply

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Priest, kings Nobles, Government

Question 18

Small mud-brick house at the edge of the city were the homes of

Answer 18

Farmers and Fishers

Question 19

Witch inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer

Answer 19

Plow/irration system

Question 20

Who has the following responsibilities lead the army

Answer 20

Kings

Question 21

Witch Sumerians
Belief about the king help strengthen the social order

Answer 21

Gods

Question 22

Why were scribes important in Sumerians government

Answer 22

Wrote down laws

Question 23

Witch inventions made it possible for Sumerians armies to use chariots

Answer 23

Wheels

Question 24

The evidence found found by archaeologists shows that sumeraians were not prehistoric

Answer 24

Written records

Question 25

What did Sumerians use to produce cuneiform

Answer 25

Wedge shaped stylus

Question 26

Records of the goods people exchange were made on

Answer 26

Clay tablets

Question 27

What invention added strength and beauty to Sumerians buildings

Answer 27

U or V shaped doorways