The Sumerians (1)

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1 What important invention is first known to have been used by the Sumerians?:
written language.
the wheel.
paper.
gun powder.
2 In Sumer, a person could become a slave for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?:
race.
crime.
bad debts.
fortunes of war.
3 The people of Mesopotamia depended on?:
hot summer winds.
the tides of the Mediterranean Sea.
silt deposited by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
water for irrigation canals from the Jordan River.
4 Who ruled the early Sumerian city-states?:
priests.
representative assemblies.
nobles.
councils of elders.
5 Cuneiform writing got its name from?:
the priesthood who had a monopoly on its use.
the kind of stylus used by the scribes.
the clay tablets that were a common writing medium.
the shape of the symbols used.
6 The Sumerians believed they could ensure the arrival of spring by?:
constructing ziggurats.
worshipping Ahura Mazda.
acting out the story of Inanna and Dumuzi.
writing prayers to the gods.
7 The Fertile Crescent lies between the?:
Mediterranean and Baltic Seas.
Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.
Nile and Tigris Rivers.
Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
8 The movement of peoples across the Fertile Crescent resulted in the?:
invention of hieroglyphics.
constant exchange of ideas.
belief in one god.
building of irrigation systems.
9 The key theme of the Epic of Gilgamesh is the?:
search for immortality.
creation of men and women.
battle between good and evil.
destruction of the world.
10 The primary building block of Mesopotamian architecture was?:
granite.
limestone.
concrete.
mud bricks.