5 Written Questions

1. group of people that have a specific purpose, exists to help society meet its needs
2. a need to keep track of things, usually involved writing but not always
3. around 3300 B.C., THEY believed that the early Mesopotamians developed the world's first civilization
4. an ancient Sumerian temple
5. learned to use canals to irrigate crops, created new tools and used new materials

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. priests collected THESE and conducted religious services at the city's ziggurat
   1. POLYTHEISM
   2. SUMER
   3. KING
   4. PAYMENTS
2. a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands
   1. ZIGGURAT
   2. CITY-STATE
   3. PAYMENTS
   4. HISTORIANS
3. the belief in many gods
   1. PAYMENTS
   2. POLYTHEISM
   3. KING
   4. SUMER
4. the civilization that arose around 3300 B.C. in southern HERE is known as Sumer
   1. SUMER
   2. HISTORIANS
   3. MESOPOTAMIA
   4. POLYTHEISM
5. surplus allowed for this, job required special skills
   1. CIVILIZATION
   2. PAYMENTS
   3. ADVANCED CITIES
   4. SPECIALIZED WORKERS

5 True/False Questions

1. SUMER → an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia in which civilization arose

   True        False

2. ADVANCED CITIES → learned to use canals to irrigate crops, created new tools and used new materials

   True        False

3. KING → an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia in which civilization arose

   True        False

4. WORSHIPPED MANY GODS → around 3300 B.C., THEY believed that the early Mesopotamians developed the world's first civilization

   True        False

5. CIVILIZATION → an advanced form of culture

   True        False