Polytheism – belief in more than Polytheism – belief in more than one god.one god.

monotheism - belief in one God.monotheism - belief in one God.

5.3 Stable Food Supply

The clay tablet relates to this characteristic of civilization because it recorded the amount of barley each worker received.

The gold cup relates this characteristic of civilization because they had banquets.

The stone seal relates this characteristic of civilization because the god has a plow.

5.4 Social Structure

The gold cup relates to this characteristic of civilization because used by upper class.

The bronze statue … because it shows the king who is upper class.

The clay seal … because it show the king appointing a governor which reflects upper class.

•Upper class = priests, landowners, gov’t officials•Common (middle) class = merchants, craftspeople,

farmers & fishermen•Slaves

5.5 Government

The clay seal …because it shows the king, head of the gov’t.

The bronze statue … because it shows the king’s responsibilities in gov’t (build temples, lead army, enforces laws).

The chariot …because it was used by soldiers.

5.6 Religion

The bronze statue …because the king is making a temple for the gods.

The statue of married couple …because it left in a shrine for the gods.

The stone seal …because it shows two gods.

King’s power was legitimized by the gods.

5.7 Arts

The lyre …because it was decorated and makes music.

The gold cup …because it shows there were skilled metalworkers.

The statue of a married couple …because it shows there were sculptors

The statue of a king carrying a basket… because it shows they had metalworkers and architects for the temples.

5.8 Technology

The chariot …because it shows they developed the WHEEL!

Also..any artifact that was created by tools.

Invented the plow!

5.9 Writing

The clay tablet ….because it has cuneiform on it.

The stone seal …because it has cuneiform on it.

The statue of a king carrying a basket …because it has cuneiform on it.

The clay seal …because it has cuneiform on it.

Ch.5Was Ancient Sumer a

Civilization?

The duties of the king included leading the army, enforcing laws, and

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1. Building temples

2. Shoveling silt out of the canals

3. Making baskets

4. Being a scribe

What was the relationship between religion and government in

Mesopotamia?

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1. The priests elected the king

2. The king appointed the gods

3. The people elected the king and the priests

4. The king was believed to be chosen by the gods to rule

Sumerians invented all of the following EXCEPT

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1. Fire

2. Plow

3. Wheel

4. Cuneiform

Which improvements for farming were developed by the

Sumerians?

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1. Bridges and terraces

2. Irrigation and plows

3. Ziggurats and pyramids

4. Fences and digging sticks

The wedge-shape writing of the Sumerians was known as

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1. Cuneiform

2. Alphabetic

3. Hieroglyphic

4. Zagrosian

Sumerians used these dirt walls to prevent the fields from flooding

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1. canals

2. levees

3. reservoirs

4. moats

As the Sumerians worked together to maintain the irrigation

system, they began to

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1. Attack one another

2. Travel to the Zagros mountains for more water

3. Live in caves

4. Live in larger communities

The earliest cities in Sumer were called city-states because they had their own

ruler and their own

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1. god

2. marketplace

3. ziggurat

4. farmland