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Ancient Sumer
Quiz by Ellen Masters
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20 questions
Q.A blue stone called lapis lazuli, used on the Standard of Ur, came from far beyond the Zagros Mountains. This shows that the city-states of Sumer engaged in ___.
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Q.A society has a stable food supply if ___.
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Q.Which one of these inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?
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Q.Which of these ancient Sumerians most likely lived in a two-story house near the center of the city?
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Q.Small, mud-brick homes at the edge of the city were the homes of ___
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Q.Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?
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Q.Read this list of responsibilities. *lead the army * enforce the laws * have temples built Who had these responsibilities?
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Q.Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?
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Q.The building in the picture was most closely related to which of these features of Sumerian civilization?
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Q.Which evidence shows that the Sumerians lived after the Stone Age?
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Q.Read this list of Sumerian items: drums, pipes, lyres What was the main use of these items?
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Q.Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?
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Q.Which invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?
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Q.What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?
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Q.What did Sumerians use to produce cuneiform?
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Q.Records of the goods people exchanged were made on ____.
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Q.This scene from the Standard of Ur shows wealthy people at a banquet. Which characteristics of civilization does this image show?
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Q.This scene from the Standard of Ur shows workers bringing fish and animals to the banquet. Which of the characteristic of civilization does this image show?
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Q.This image from the Standard of Ur shows armies in battle. Which of the characteristics of civilization does this image show?
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Q.According to our textbook, which Sumerian invention was the most important technological invention?
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