SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION

Question 1

is located Mesopotamia on the southernmost tip of ancient Mesopotamia

Answer 1

Sumeria

Question 2

✓ known for their high degree of cooperation with one another and their desire for great things

✓contented with the basic things that life can offer

✓ develop the first writing known as cuneiform

✓ keep records of things with great historical value or their everyday life

Answer 2

Sumerians

Question 3

first writing system, a system that utilizes word pictures and triangular symbols which are carved on clay using wedge instruments and then left to dry

Answer 3

Cuneiform

Question 4

• considered to be the first city in the world
• used the bricks to makes houses that protected them from the harsh weather and to build a wall around the city
• great wonders not only because it is considered to be the first true city in the world but also for the way it was erected

Answer 4

Uruk City

Question 5

• serve as the sacred place of their chief god, where only their priests were allowed to enter
• called the mountain of Sod, was built in the same manner that they constructed the Uruk city

Answer 5

The Great Ziggurat of Ur

Question 6

• to bring water to farmlands and at the same time control the flooding of the rivers
• they were able to enjoy year-long farming and harvesting, which increased their food production

Answer 6

Irrigation and Dikes

Question 7

• to address their increasing demands
• were essential in transportation and trading as well as in fostering culture, information, and technology
• Boats were used to carry large quantities of products and were able to cover farge distances

Answer 7

Sailboats

Question 8

• the use of the wheel and axle, mass production was made easier
• were not made for transportation but for farm work and food processes.

Answer 8

Wheel

Question 9

with this tool, farmers could cultivate larger parcels of land faster, enabling them to mass produce food without taking so much effort and time

Answer 9

The Plow

Question 10

• in order to facilitate faster and easier travel
• was very useful especially during the rainy season when traveling in soft and muddy reads proved to be too difficult

Answer 10

Road