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The Rise of Sumerian City-States Chapter 4 [History Alive]
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1
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was
between two rivers
in mountain foothills
at the site of the earliest cities
near a region of many conflicts
2
What two rivers run through Mesopotamia?
Nile and Tigris Rivers
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Sumer and Tigris Rivers
Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
3
The people of Sumer constructed moats to
bring drinking water into towns
make villagers work together
protect cities from attacks
get crops to grow better
4
Why were Sumerian communities called "city-states"?
Each of them kept written records
Each of them had its own ruler and farmland
They all depended on each other for water
They were all part of one great empire
5
What is irrigation?
A Paleolithic tool
The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A means to control water supply to the land
A new method of fighting
6
The environment of Sumer was
hilly and dry, with many stones
low and flat, with little rain
high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks
thickly forested, with heavy storms
7
What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
constructing reservoirs
moving to the south
joining villages together
building terraces
8
Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?
They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains
They cooperated to keep the irrigation system working
They exchanged different kinds of natural resources
They had to fight off attacks from empires to the east
9
Which fact allowed people to farm in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains
Goats can live on dry grass
The region had plenty of rain
Shallow canals watered the fields
Harsh climates are good for grains
10
Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with
rocks shaped into squares
reeds cut near the rivers
bricks made of mud
logs with pointed tips
11
What is a factor that made farming in Sumer difficult?
lack of rainfall
the growth of weeds
steep hillsides
large mountain ranges
12
What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?
to protect the villages from attacks
to allow travel by boat
to make it easier to fish
to store water for later use
13
Why did the rivers flood in the spring?
Heavy rain fell throughout the area
Strong winds blew from the Persian Gulf
Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
Ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
14
The low flat plains of Mesopotamia are known as:
Sumer
Zagros Mountain Range
Tigris River Valley
The Persian Gulf
15
A self-governing city that has its own ruler and laws is known as a
State-City
Empire
City-State
Culture
16
What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
fighting between villages
increase in population
change in the climate
overuse of the soil
17
The earliest cities developed by what year?
3500 B.C.E
3500 AD
10000 B.C.E
1904 AD
18
Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?
It dried up the rivers
It clogged the irrigation canals
It crumbled the city walls
It ruined the soil for planting
19
If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river, why was the levee built?
to control workers
to load barges
to prevent floods
to irrigate the crops
