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Sumer Test Study Guide
Be able to define and apply these terms/people:
Polytheism
Theocracy
Irrigation
Bicameral
Tel
City-state
Civilization
Primary Source
Gilgamesh
Empire
Monarchy
Cuneiform
Levees
Sir Leonard Woolley
Stele
Priest king
Ziggurat
Standard of Ur
Phalanx
Cylinder Seal
Know the geography of Mesopotamia and how it impacted their culture (or way of life)
-what the word “Mesopotamia” means
-trade
-food sources
-land
-climate
-resources
Understand Sumerian Social Structure
-family roles
-class distinctions (hierarchy, jobs, clothing, homes, rights)
Understand Sumerian Government
-who was in charge
-structure
- how did it compare to US government
-how did they get their power
Understand Sumerian Economy:
-what brought wealth to Sumer
-the medium of exchange
-business practices that were started in Sumer
-the value of their currency system
Know these Empires, their leaders, the time period they were in power, their major
accomplishments and the affects of those accomplishments:
-Akkadians/ Sargon -Babylonians/Hammurabi
-Assyrians
-NeoBaylonians/Nebuchadnezzar II
Be able to compare and contrast Sumerian civilization to that of the U.S.
(with Government, Schools, Family life, Homes)
Be able to identify Sumerian contributions.
(see the list from your notes)
Be able to define what a civilization is and supply some evidence that would suggest Sumer was a
civilization.
(look at the spoke diagram from your notes)
Know these dates:
When city-states rose
When priest-kings, military kings and hereditary monarchies were around
When cuneiform developed
Hammurabi’s rule
Sargon’s rule
Assyrian rule
Nebuchadnezzar II’s rule
Be able to identify and apply examples of the Fields of Study and Global Concepts to Sumerian
civilization.
(using the Sumerian information we learned….try making your own examples… ex. the fringed karnake
of the Sumerian costume was one example that shows how they had social structure = sociology. OR
ex. when the population started to increase and the food supply could not keep up with the growth, the
Sumerians moved south out of the hills to find additional farm land = change.)
Understand Sumerian religious ideals:
- major gods (polytheism)
- relationship with the gods (ex. to serve them, gave them ideas and laws etc.)
- the afterlife