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What term describes the region in Asia with good farming land that attracted many people?
Fertile Crescent
Silt
Euphrates river
Sumer
2
Which did Mesopotamian farmers NOT do to control their water supply?
Created irrigation systems to help supply water year round
Dug canals and trenches to bring water to their farms
Collected the plentiful rain water in barrels
Made dams and leeves to block and store water for later use
3
What is a benefit of the advent, or start, of agriculture.
Stable fire and ice
Stable transportation and resources
Stable weather and landscape
Stable food supply and permanent settlement
4
What vocabulary word is fine particles of rock and soil?
Loam
Mesopotamia
Sand
Silt
5
How did Mesopotamian farmers solve the food shortage problem?
Moved from the Zagros Mts down tot he river plains of Sumer
Moved from villages in the desert to cities
Moved from the Himalayan Mts to the Zagros Mts
Moved from the platau to the canals of Akkad
6
How did Mesopotamian farmers protect themselves from neighbors?
Build farms and markets around the city-state
Build strong walls and moats around the city state
Build temples to their gods around the city-state
Build bridges and roats around the city-state
7
What was a problem with silt?
It dyed everything black
It was not stable for building houses on
It could dry out the land
It could clog irrigation systems
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What was a benefit of permanent settlements and shelters?
Homes were more comfortable and had more space
Safety from weather, animals, and other people
ALL answers are correct
Improved tools and cooking techniques
9
Sumer depended on the flat river plains because the environment was
Had a high cold, mountain range
Had little rain during the year
Hilly and rainy
Had lots of forests and shade
10
Which of the following BEST describes life in the Paleolithic Age?
Permanent Settlements
Trade between communities
Hunting and Gathering food
Making tools
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What word describes people's ability to get resources they did not have access to otherwise?
Community
Job specialization
Stability
Trade
12
What is a river in Southwest Asia that flows from mountains in Turkey southeast to the Persian Gulf?
Euphrates
Nile
Amazon
Tigris
13
What vocabulary word involves farming or growing crops and raising animals for human use?
Herding
Irrigation
Agriculture
Domestication
14
Which of the following was NOT a result of the switch to farming?
Permanent settlements
Trade
Hunting
Job specialization (different jobs)
15
True or False: It is okay to solve food shortages by planted multiple times a year.
False
True
16
The world's first civilization was called....
Africa
Sumer
Egypt
Fertile Crescent
17
What is prehistory?
The switch to farming
The collapse of civilization
The time before writing was invented
The beginning of government
18
How did dividing up the jobs in a community helped people produce more?
People developed more and better skills
People were able to invent stone tools
Everyone did the same jobs
Most people worked alone, causing less conflict
19
Cooperating with other villages in trade or maintaining irrigation systems also led to....
A return to a nomadic lifestyle
Learning new ideas from others
Invention of writing
People leaving their village for others constantly
20
In Greek the word "Mesopotamia" means....
The Middle Kingdom
Between the rivers
Below the foothills
First civilization
21
Which of the following would have been used to store water for later use?
Farming fields
The rivers
Dams and reservoirs
Barrels
22
What major advancement during the Neolithic Age allowed for the development of more complex societies?
Farming
Computers
Trade
Hunting
23
How did Mesopotamian farmers maintain their irrigation systems?
Farmers had to work with other villages to clean and maintain canals
Farmers had to work by themselves to maintain the canals
Farmers would attack other villages for their water
Each village independently took care of their canals
24
In order to control the rivers and their people many cities developed
Religion
Government
Social Structure
Achievements
25
Living in larger Neolithic groups, compared to earlier times allowed people to....
Get along better with others
Grow a surplus of food
Move shelters from place to place faster
Increase their success gathering
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What vocabulary word is a Neolithic city and its surrounding countryside that was like a small independent country
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Civilization
City-State
