Mesopotamia

Question 1

What is the order in the social pyramid?

Answer 1

King, Government officials, priests, merchants, artisans, scribes, farmers, slaves

Question 2

TRUE or FALSE: Husbands can abandon their wives but wives can’t abandon their husbands.

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

Because the farmers gave food to the king and his officials, the king organized for canals to be dug

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

A sickle has

Answer 4

a long blade with a short handle

Question 5

Rake was used for

Answer 5

smoothing soil and removing rubbish before planting

Question 6

What is silt

Answer 6

a fine, solid, dust-like material made of rock and mineral particles that is transported and deposited by water, ice, and wind

Question 7

How did Mesopotamians have success in growing crops?

Answer 7

They created earth walls called levees and create an irrigation system.

Question 8

Polytheistic means

Answer 8

To believe in more than one god

Question 9

Scribes invented cuneiform. What were the tools they used?

Answer 9

A clay tablet and a sharp tool called styluses

Question 10

The government official helped with administrative duties such as

Answer 10

making laws
collecting taxes
running the army
organizing work parties

Question 11

Farmers sold surplus food to the people living in cities

Answer 11

TRUE

Question 12

Craftspeople/Artisans were

Answer 12

bakers
ironworkers
weavers

Question 13

They ways to become enslaved were

Answer 13

captured in the war
falling into debt
punishment for crimes

Question 14

People were able to work their way out of slavery

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

Priest were

Answer 15

respected by residents

Question 16

Ziggurats were built in

Answer 16

the center of a city state

Question 17

Cuneiform was used for

Answer 17

communicating
recording data
writing epics

Question 18

Sumerian sculptures created

Answer 18

statues of gods for the ziggurat

Question 19

What did mesopotamians do to ensure their happiness and blessings

Answer 19

made offerings
created sculptures of themselves praying and put it in temples

Question 20

Cylinder seals were used

Answer 20

to sign documents
decoration

Question 21

What were helpful/important discoveries

Answer 21

tools
cuneiform
calendar
clock
sewer
wheel

Question 22

tools were

Answer 22

sickle
seeder plow
rake
shovel

Question 23

levees are

Answer 23

earth walls used to block flooding

Question 24

what would they do if there was less water

Answer 24

poke holes in levees and use stored water from pools

Question 25

jewelry was created from

Answer 25

imported gold and silver

Question 26

bronze made tools

Answer 26

stronger

Question 27

which 3 numbers were used

Answer 27

60
12
360

Question 28

what did they do in science

Answer 28

recorded medical data and used ingriediants from natural sources such as minarils, animals, plants

Question 29

women weren’t allowed to learn how to

Answer 29

read and write unless they were wealthy

Question 30

who made the househeld desicions

Answer 30

men

Question 31

women were to make

Answer 31

clothing
food
take care of children

Question 32

Children were to be married

Answer 32

right after puberty and become part of the husbands family

Question 33

Women and men have equal power

Answer 33

FALSE

Question 34

dowry is

Answer 34

money and gifts

Question 35

Wealthy women could

Answer 35

own property
learn to read and write
become preistesses

Question 36

normal girls are to

Answer 36

prepare to take care of family
make clothes
spin fibers to yarn
cook
weave