SS Chapter 5 (6-9)

Question 1

an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with an outside ____ and _____ at the top

Answer 1

ziggurat….staircase….shrine

Question 2

what includes 2 things - a set of beliefs and form of worship

Answer 2

religious system

Question 3

what influenced every part of daily life

Answer 3

religious beliefs

Question 4

religious towers and temples

Answer 4

ziggurats (ZIHG-guh-rats)

Question 5

who’s duty was it to build & maintain the ziggurats

Answer 5

the kings

Question 6

how far away could they be seen and how big were the ziggurats

Answer 6

• 20 miles away
• 8 stories high
• 200 feet wide

Question 7

who did the Sumerians believe lived in the ziggurats?

Answer 7

their g-ds

Question 8

what events took place during religious ceremonies

Answer 8

• musicians played

- human sacrifice

Question 9

what is culture

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What did the ARTS include?

Answer 10

forms of expression like painting, architecture, and music

Question 11

What did the lyre decorations signify?

Answer 11

how much the Sumerians valued music

Question 12

What is a lyre?

Answer 12

• a small harp
• wooden instrument made of a sound box and strings
• decorated with stones & carvings

Question 13

what was the most significant invention

Answer 13

the wheel, dating back to 3500 BCE

Question 14

how were the first wheels used

Answer 14

shaping clay into pots

Question 15

what were the flat bottom carts called that people used to drag their goods, before the wheel was invented?

Answer 15

sledges

Question 16

why were sledges difficult to use?

Answer 16

• got stuck in the mud

- couldn’t support heavy loads

Question 17

what do some historians say is the Sumerians’ greatest architectural achievement?

Answer 17

arches

Question 18

what is an arch?

Answer 18

upside-down U or V shaped structures built above doorways

Question 19

what is cuneiform

Answer 19

Sumerian’s written language, developed around 2400 BCE

Question 20

where does “cuneiform” come from and what does it mean

Answer 20

• comes from Latin word for “wedge”

- Sumerians used a wedge-shaped stylus (sharp pointed tool) to etch their writing in clay tablets

Question 21

how many characters did cuneiform have at first and how many did it have over time?

Answer 21

2000 symbols to stand for ideas and sounds. Over time, the symbols were reduced to about 700

Question 22

what was cuneiform based on

Answer 22

pictographs

Question 23

symbols that stand for real objects, like a snake or object

Answer 23

pictographs