The Euphrates and Tigris

The Nile and Gambia

The Danube and the Thames

A naval blockade enforced by the Roman navy after Sumer declared war on Rome

The bad storm that washed away lines of communication and destroyed roads and bridges

The Sumerian cities were surrounded by mudflats and patches of scorching desert which made it hard to travel by land and communicate with other groups.

One must be able to provide for their/her/his own needs without help from others.

Finding the best people to help you by themselves.

Being able to tell the difference from right and wrong even if it means that being wrong won’t make you right.

Sumerian cities received thousands of dollars in foreign aid from neighboring kingdoms such as Axum

Local citizens in these cities made their own products and grew their own food.

When the roads and bridges were washed away by a terrible storm, Sumeranese people suffered from hunger

The increased dependency on foreign oil for its chariots

A bigger national deficit that ballooned up to record levels

The rise of the Sumerian city-states

A city-state that has its own government and was not part of any larger governing state.

A city that has the same name as the state it is located in, like New York City.

A city that is bigger than a neighboring state, like New Orleans and Texas

War between the city-states of

ancient Sumer were common because they wanted control of valuable resources.

War between the city-states of ancient Sumer were common because they wanted to acquire more land with access to and control of resources.

All of the above are why war between city-states was common in ancient Sumer.

They were planning new wars so that they could launch sneak attacks and be victorious

City-states did business with each other trading resources were they were not fighting over the resources.

They closed up their city gates and did not let any strangers come for fear of enemy spies

A large mud protective wall

A shallow, narrow moat filled with frogs

A vast forest filled with tall trees, dense bushes, and annoying trolls.

There was a lot of mud in the area

There was not enough wood or stone in the area

All of these answer choices explain why cities in Sumer used mud to build their city walls.

The knowledge of why: ‘probably’

Belief in more than one god.

A government made up of more than one political party

Ziggurats were large temples built to honor different gods.

Obelisks made to honor Ziggy Ma-Ma Li, a legendary singer

Irrigation systems used to transport water to rivers to keep them full.

Slaves

Farmers

High priests

A ruling body of artisans who voted in a system of direct democracy

Religious leaders such as high priests

A tribe of Paleolithic hunters who were able to control fire

Monarchy

Kingacracy

Kleptocracy

True

False

From the people via elections

From the city’s gods

From a random drawing of the local aristocracy

The ability to hear things without listening

The process that allows people to draw conclusions

The transfer of power for the new king goes from father to son

The transfer of power, legacy, name, et cetera from father to son.

The process of listening to things without hearing

The ability to draw conclusion without evidence

Four groups: the West Class, the North Class, the South Class, the East Class

Three groups: upper class, middle class, lower class

Three groups: the Top Percentile, the Bubble People, the L25

Yes. The people of Sumeria were able to move into different social classes if they did well in school.

Yes, because the Sumericans were taught that if they worked hard enough, they could be whatever they wanted to be.

No because “people remained in the social class into which they were born.”

kings, princes, priests, warriors, government officials

Merchants, farmers, artisans, slaves

Prisoners of war, criminals, and personal injury attorneys

Kings, queens, priests, government officials

merchants (traders, business people, entrepreneurs), farmers, fishermen, artisans

people who could not pay their debts, criminals, personal injury attorneys, Art Basel tourists

Trader

Entrepreneur

Both trader and entrepreneur are synonyms for merchant. So is business person.

enslaved people

kings, farmers, personal injury attorneys

priests, merchants, Art Basel tourists

The upper class comprised the largest number of people

The middle class comprised of the largest number of people

The top percentile class comprised the largest number of people

They were captured in war or they were criminals

They could not pay off their debts

All of the groups of people mentioned were typically enslaved in Sumer.

The upper class had slaves from the lower class working for them for free

The upper class worked harder than the middle and lower classes

God chose the upper class to be the rulers so no questioned if it made sense

Everyone in the family had equal say

Men

Women

Girls

Girls and boys

Boys

Patriarchy

Matriarchy

Theocracy

Rich

Farmers

Lumberjacks

Parents were obligated to care of their children.

Adults to take care of their elderly parents

Both of these responses are correct because adults in Sumer had to take care of their children as well as their parents when their parents became too old to care for themselves.

Barley, dates, and wheat.

Molasses, pineapples, potatoes

Peppers, avocados, corn

Because everyone in Sumeritania was rich and they liked spending their money in stores

Because there were many items that people in Sumer wanted or needed that could only be found in other areas.

Because the merchants kept their stores and shops open on the weekends when the slaves of Sumer could shop on their days off.

Afghanistan, Egypt

India, Turkey

The city-states of Sumer traded with all of the places mentioned in these responses thus this is the correct answer

Tigris and Euphrates

Nile and Amazon

Indus and Yangtze

The Red Sea

The Gulf of Aden

The Persian Gulf

...because highways were not built yet to make automobile travel more efficient

...because the conditions for farming were good near rivers and trading was easier along rivers

...because the conditions for the building of palaces were not ideal because of the corrosive aspects of salt air near the ocean

a system that provides water to crops

a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, and/or man-made streams

BOTH water to crops AND supplies dry land with water

used their time ineffectively

problems with pests such as locusts, realtors, and personal injury attorneys

extra crops, or surplus

...because the area that is dry and barren is straight and unbending.

...because the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers created rich farmlands that curve up from the river delta at the Persian Gulf, up towards the Taurus Mountains, and then sharply southwest towards the Mediterranean Sea.

...because the land between the Gulf of Aden and the Red sea hooks sharply from the Paleolithic region of Axum and to the flat mountains of Persia.

Paleolithic

Neolithic

Jurassic

artisans

low-wage workers

unskilled laborers