S.S quiz 9\30\22

Question 1

What is Sumer made up of

Answer 1

City States

Question 2

Self governing city that also governs the surrounding villages

Answer 2

City-states

Question 3

What are some city-states

Answer 3

Urk, Ur, Eridu, and Kish

Question 4

What is one fact about Ur

Answer 4

Abraham from the bible and his wife Sahra lived there between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE

Question 5

What was in the center of each town

Answer 5

A ziggurat

Question 6

A temple that was a pyramid shaped brick tower.

Answer 6

Ziggurat

Question 7

What religion were the sumerians

Answer 7

Polytheistic

Question 8

Someone who believes in more then one god

Answer 8

Polytheistic

Question 9

Who is the goddess of war and love

Answer 9

Ishfar

Question 10

god of water

Answer 10

Enki

Question 11

Moon god

Answer 11

Nanna

Question 12

The god of the sun and the son of Nanna

Answer 12

Utu

Question 13

Who was the famous ruler of Kish

Answer 13

Sargon

Question 14

What was the group of seafaring people hat the sumerians traded with called

Answer 14

The Phoenicians

Question 15

Who were the first group of people to use irrigation

Answer 15

Sumerians

Question 16

bringing water to the fields during the dry summer months

Answer 16

Irrigation

Question 17

Who built walled cities to protect themselves from their enimies

Answer 17

The sumerians