Rise and Fall of Sumer Video Quiz

Mesopotamia, ” the land between rivers” for Ancient Greeks, is a historical region in the Middle East that included most of today’s Iraq, and parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey. The ‘two rivers’ of the name referred to the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, and by its shore it developed history’s first empire, Sumer Empire. The rise and fall of Sumer video quiz will help you understand much better this fascinating civilization.

Sumer rose out of a hot, dry landscape, without rainfall to nourish crops, without trees or stones for building. In spite of all this, its inhabitants built the world’s first cities, with monumental architecture and large populations. Watch Soraya Field Fiorio’s Ted-Ed video and learn all the details the rise and fall of the Sumerian empire.

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Rise and Fall of Sumer

What do you know about the rise and fall of Sumer, the history's first empire?

1.The Sumerians used _______ as their primary building material.

Stone Mud Wood

2. Although located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, there was almost no rainfall in the hot and dry climate of Sumer. What technology first allowed the Sumerians to grow grain surpluses without rain?

Irrigation Dams Both of them

3. The Sumerians are credited with inventing the wheel. The wheel was first used to create which of the following?

Pottery Chariots Bicycles Wagons

4. What was considered literature in Sumer?

Hymns Myths Proverbs Animal fables Magic spells Epics All of the above

5. The first writing system, called cuneiform, was invented by the Sumerians for what purpose?

Poetry Letter writing Religious texts Accounting

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