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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Sumerians land in Mesopotamia is called what? | Sumer |
| What does "the land between the rivers" mean? | Mesopotamia |
| The fertile area around Mesopotamia is also called what? | Fertile Crescent |
| The two rivers around Mesopotamia are named what? | Tigris and Euphrates |
| The Tigris and Euphrates left natural what when they flooded? | Levees |
| The chief crop of the Sumerians was what? | Barley |
| There was little what in Sumer? | Timber |
| The Sumerians used what to make bricks? | Mud and crushed reeds |
| What was one of the great cities of Sumer? | Ur |
| Each city - state was made of the city and what around it? | The farmland |
| Disputes arose over what between city states? | Boundry |
| Ziggurat means what? | Mountain of God or Hill of Heavan |
| Only who could enter the Ziggurats? | Priests |
| Around the Ziggurat was what? | Courts |
| All forces of Nature were viewed as what? | Gods |
| Male Gods made what as servants to goddesses? | Humans |
| Schools were only for whom? | Songs of the rich |
| At school students learned what? | How to become a scribe |
| Sumerians used what at first to represent objects? | Pictures |
| At first Sumerian priests were also what? | Kings |
| One famous priest king is who? | Gilgamesh |
| About 3000 b.c. who became permanent kings? | Military leaders |