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What was the Sumerian style of writing called?
Cuneiform
True or False: Sumerians made temples called ziggurats
True
True or False: Sumerians believed in only one god
False
What was the name of the person that records things for others?
scribe
A temple where Sumerians believed their gods and goddesses lived.
ziggurat
Name that means you worship multiple gods or deities
polytheistic
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
The land between two rivers
What is the name of the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
King Hammurabi was the ruler of which people?
Babylonians
Sargon was the ruler of which people?
Akkadians
What was a Mesopotamian invention that made transportation on land easier?
the wheel
What Mesopotamian invention made transportation along water easier?
The sailboat
As floodwaters drained, they deposited soil and tiny rocks on the land to form a new layer of _________________.
silt
Most early river civilizations, such as Mesopotamia, developed on the CONTINENT of ____________________.
Asia
Sumerians formed the world’s first ______ , or governing system ruled by a king or a queen.
Monarchy
13. Sumerians practiced __________, the belief in many gods
polytheism
