CHAPTER 5 QUESTIONS

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CHAPTER 5 QUESTIONS

• Find the answers for these on pg. 42
• What does social structure mean?
• What does technology mean?
• Name the 7 things that are Characteristics of
  Civilization
• What is an example of a Characteristic of
  Civilization?
• Find the answers for these on pg. 43
• What 2 things did the Sumerians invent?
• Find the answers for these on pg. 44
• What does status mean?
• What are the names of the 3 Sumerian social
  structure groups? NOT THE SPECIFIC TYPES!
• Who were the people in the upper class with the
  highest status?
• Who was included in the common class?
• Name 2 items of luxury made for the upper class.
• Compare the home of an upper class citizen and a
  common farmer or fisherman.
• What are the 6 metals craftspeople used to make
  items?
• What are 4 items that could be made from these
  metals?
• Which group repaired irrigation systems and was
  forced to serve in the army?
• Who were the lowest group in the social class?

THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE QUIZ QUESTIONS
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CHAPTER 5 QUESTIONS

• Find the answers for these on pg. 45
• What is a chariot?
• What is a scribe?
• Why do all civilizations have a system of
  government?
• Who was the ruler of Sumerian city-states?
• Who did Sumerians think chose the kings?
• What are the responsibilities of the kings?
• Who ruled over the outlying towns?
• Find the answers for these on pg. 46
• What is a system of religion?
• What is a ziggurat?
• According to the Sumerians, who lived in the
  ziggurats?
• Besides building the ziggurats, what else showed
  expressed the Sumerians religious beliefs?
• Find the answers for these on pg. 47
• Art included 3 forms of expression. What are
  they?
• Why was music important to the Sumerians?