Lesson 5 Vocab/study guide

Question 1

a craftsperson

Answer 1

artisan

Question 2

a task or problem that tests a person’s abilities

Answer 2

challenge

Question 3

a society marked by developed arts, sciences, 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 uses wedge-shaped characters

Answer 6

cuneiform

Question 7

a way of life offers much more than what is necessary

Answer 7

luxury

Question 8

a person who makes money 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 a 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

food

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Priests, Kings, Nobles, and Government officials the Highest level

Question 18

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

Answer 18

farmers, and fishers

Question 19

Which inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?

Answer 19

Plow and the irrigation systems

Question 20

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

Answer 20

The King

Question 21

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

Answer 21

They believed in different gods that strengthened the King

Question 22

Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?

Answer 22

To write down laws

Question 23

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

Answer 23

The wheel

Question 24

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

Answer 24

They where not prehistoric because they had a form of written history

Question 25

What did Sumerians use to produce cuneiform?

Answer 25

Used wedge shaped stylus.

Question 26

Record of the goods people exchanged were made on

Answer 26

Clay tablets

Question 27

What invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?

Answer 27

Arches