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Name_________________ Mesopotamia: From Nomads to Farmers 1. What was the one of the first things the Sumerians learned?____________________ ___________________________________ 2. What was one problem with the huntergatherer way of life? __________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 3. How did the discovery of planting and domestication (taming animals) change the 7. ** What are some of the problems facing people in this area? ____________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 8. What is a Levee? ______________________ ___________________________________ 9. What was another method invented to control the river? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Draw an example: Sumerian way of life? __________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 4. What does Mesopotamia mean? ___________________________________ 5. Name the two rivers:________________ and ________________ 6. What are some of the things they grow in Sumer? (list three) ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 10. What is another Sumerian invention? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 11. How do the Sumerians keep track of the floods? _____________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 18. What were some other jobs in Sumer? 12. What did the Sumerians write on? ___________________________________ 13. What was their writing called? ___________________________________ 14. Who ruled the city-states? ___________________________________ 15. What is a ziggurat? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Draw one: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 19. What is the life of a slave like? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 20. What are some of the jobs of the king? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 21. Did the Sumerians pay taxes? ____________ 22. What was “the burden”? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 16. What did the Sumerians make their bricks out of? ________________________________ 17. What was the scribe’s job? ___________________________________ 23. What did the taxes pay for? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________
