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SS L5 Vocab/ Study Guide Flashcards

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A craftsperson

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Artisan

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A task or problem that tests a person’s abilities

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Challenge

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A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

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Civilization

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To bring something new into being

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Create

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

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Culture

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Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

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Cuneiform

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A way of life that offers much more than what is necessary

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Luxury

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A person who makes money by selling goods

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Merchant

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An interconnected system of channels or lines

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Network

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A symbol that stands for an object

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Pictograph

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Someone who is trained in a particular career

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Professional

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A person who writes

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Scribe

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The way a civilization is organized

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Social structure

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The use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes

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Technology

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

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Ziggurat

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A society has a ______ if it has enough for its people

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A stable food supply

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

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Kings, priests, nobles, government officials

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

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Farmers and fishermen

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Which inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?

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Plow and irrigation systems

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

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King

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

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He was supported by the gods

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Why were the scribes important in Sumerian government

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They wrote down laws/ contracts

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Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots

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Wheel

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What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric

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They had a complex written language

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What did Sumerians use to produce cuneiform

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Wedge shaped stylus

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Record of the good people exchanged were made on

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Wet clay

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What invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings

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Arches

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