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Crescent Shape. Fertile= Good for growing crops. Rivers= water for People, animals, crops, trade, transportation. Mesopotamia : Nomads to Farmers Movie Questions. 1.What was the first thing the Sumerians got really good at? Farming and agriculture
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Crescent Shape Fertile= Good for growing crops Rivers= water for People, animals, crops, trade, transportation
Mesopotamia : Nomads to Farmers Movie Questions • 1.What was the first thing the Sumerians got really good at? • Farming and agriculture • 2. Why was Sumer such a good location for farming? • It was located in a river valley • 3. What does Mesopotamia mean? • Land between two rivers • 4. What do the rivers leave behind that make the land good for growing crops? • Rich soil • 5. What types of food did the Sumerians grow and eat? • Barley, wheat, beans, vegetables, melons, dates, apples, figs, grapes, milk,Cheese, meat, fish
6. What did the Sumerians build to control the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? • Levees • 7. What tool did the Sumerians develop that helped them plant? • Plow pulled by oxen • 8. How many months and days did the Sumerian calendar have? • Calendar based on moon and stars with 12 months and 30 days • 9. What was their system of writing called? • Cuneiform • 10.Sumerians were the first people to write down their.... • Laws
11. What was their best invention? • The wheel • 12. The villages in Sumer eventually got bigger and were called.... • City-states • 13. What were Sumerian temples called? • Ziggurats • 14. Who lived in the larger two-story houses near the temple? • Wealthy people like priests and merchants • 15. Who lived farther away from the temple in one-story houses? • Craftsmen and shopkeepers
16. What did they make their bricks out of? • Mud baked in the sun • 17. What types of jobs were there in Sumer? • Scribes, fishermen, grain grinders, potters, traders, musicians, slaves • 18. Who owned the land and everything on it? • The gods • 19. How did the people get their food? • They gave the gods everything they grew and then the priests would distribute it to all the people • 20. Who ruled each city-state and how was he chosen? • A king chosen by the gods