6H - Mesopotamia - The Archaeologist - Quiz

Your first and last names:
Sumerians started to find a need to develop a system of writing. They wanted to keep records of:
Things that happened every year
How much grain each farmer had grown
The share of grain each person got
How many sheep and cattle they had
How many animals died
How many animals were born
How much of everything was given to the gods
How much tax everyone paid
What traders took with them and what they brought back
What the gods told them to do
The laws passed down by the gods
The movement of the moon and the stars to plan floods and other climatic events
When things happen
Stories and legends
How many years did it take to learn to be a scribe?
Priests observed the skies every night to be able to predict annual climatic pattern.
True
False
Stories about gods are called:
Myths
Legends
Epics
A very long story is called:
A legend
A myth
An epic
Mesopotamians moved around and transported goods:
On foot
On donkeys
On water rafts, boats and coracles
On ships
On animal carts
Hammurabi was a ____________________ king.
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Persian
Greek
The clay tablets and stone which contained the laws laid donw by King Hammurabi are called:
Inventions and discoveries of Mesopotamians:
Ship-building
Surgery
Medicine
The wheel
Pottery
The calendar
Guns
Farming
Domestication
The potter's wheel
The loom
Irrigation
Levees
Astronomy
Mathematics
Keeping records
Written laws
The map
Roads
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