chscameron MESO Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| What were the twin rivers named? | Tigris and Euphrates |
| The flood would leave behind natural what? | Levees |
| What was the chief crop? | Barley |
| Sumerians used what to make their bricks? | Mud and crushed reeds |
| About what time did Sumerians settle in Mesopotamia | 3,500BC |
| What natural resource did the Sumerians have very little of? | Timber |
| Where is the Fertile Crescent | Around Mesopotamia |
| What were some crops the Sumerians grew? | Barley, fruit, trees, wheat, and etc |
| What was the Sumerians form or writing called | cuneiform |
| The Sumerian king was also their what? | Priest |
| In 3,000BC who became permanent king | military leaders |
| Where were the courts located | Around the Ziggurat |
| All forces of nature were viewed as what | Gods |
| Who worked at the courts? | Artisans |
| What was celebrated at the courts | great events |
| Who were the gods slaves | humans |
| Each city-state was made up of what? | A farmland and a city |
| What kept out lions and bandits | A bronze gate |
| The bronze gate used to keep out what | lions and bandits |
| Where did the upper class live | near the middle of the city |
| Artisans, Government workers, and shopkeepers made up what class? | the middle class |
| who were lower class citizens? | unskilled workers, farmers, and fishermen |
| War was often over what? | Boundary issues |
| The Ziggurat was home to who | the City's chief god |
| Only who was allowed to enter the Ziggurat | Priests |
| What was a nickname for the Ziggurat | "Hill of Heaven" |
| What was the "Mountain of God" | the Ziggurat |
| Before Cuneiform Sumerians used what to represent ideas and objects | pictures |
| Only rich boys could what? | go to school |
| Gods made humans to what | serve the gods |
| In school rich boys were taught to be what? | writers |
| What famous Priest-king had the oldest known story? | Gilgamesh |
| Sumerians thought when you die you go where | a dark damp cave |
| Tigris and ________ | Euphrates |
| _______ and Euphrates | Tigris |
| TRUE OR FALSE: priests were also kings | TRUE |
| TRUE OR FALSE: rich boys and girls both went to school | FALSE |
| TRUE OR FALSE: the Ziggurat was the the Sumerians church | FALSE |
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