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| Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing system | cuneiform |
| Leading city-state of Sumer | Ur |
| Cheif city of Hammurabi's empire | Babylon |
| Legendary hero of Sumerian culture. | Gilgamesh |
| Person who is skilled in a craft | Artisan |
| A Sumerian city and its surrounding land | city-state |
| Organized system of laws | code |
| Person who is skilled in writing | scribe |
| One of the rivers bounding Mesopotamia | Euphrates |
| Sumerian temple with many levels | ziggurat |
| The land called Mesopotamia in ancient times is today part of | Iraq |
| The Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia in about | 3,500 B.C. |
| The Sumerians took an important step in changing their physical environment by | controlling the floods on the rivers. |
| At the center of each Sumerian city-state was | a temple which was the home of the city's cheif god. |
| In Sumerian society, the middle class included | artisans and shopkeepers. |
| What eventually happened to the city-states of Sumer? | Sargon I, a king from northern Mesopotamia , conquered them. |
| As a ruler, Hammurabi is best remembered for | creating a written code of laws. |
| When Sargon I united the conquered city-states, he created the world's first | empire |
| The oldest written record known come from the culture of | Sumer |
| The wheel, plow, and sailboats are examples of | inventions of ancient Mesopotamia. |
