What was the problem with canals?

They would become clogged with silt

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1
What did neighboring cities dispute over?
Water
Trees
Rulers
Barriers
2
How did Sumerians protect themselves?
By building walls
Using natural barriers
Taking cover under ground
Hiding behind mountain ranges
3
What systems helped control the water supply?
Irrigation
Both A and B
Levees
Sprinklers
4
What is silt similar to?
Rocks and minerals
A boulder
Marbles
Sand
5
The region of southern Mesopotamia is also referred to as...
Ur
Neolithic
Sumer
Summer
6
What area had good conditions for growing crops?
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Arabian Penninsula
Persian Gulf
7
What was a negative factor of floods?
They were unpredictable
They created swimming pools
They would freeze
They would create mud
8
What was the problem with canals?
They weren't deep enough
People didn't want to maintain them
They would become clogged with silt
They were ruined by attackers
9
What phrase describes NORTHERN Mesopotamia?
hard and dry
dry and snowy
flat and rainy
hilly and rainy
10
Why were there food shortages in the northern foothills?
animals died from the cold temperatures
there were not enough cows
the population increased
ice froze over the crops
11
Which of the following is a river in Mesopotamia?
Euphrates River
Delaware River
Tiger River
Nile River
12
Why was it important for villages to work together?
They had to scoop water to balance reservoirs
They had to clear the silt from the canals
All of the above
They had to maintain the irrigation system
13
Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means?
fertile soil
hilly mountains
land between 2 rivers
dry desert land
14
What phrase describes the geography of Sumer?
hilly and rainy
cold and snowy
flat and muddy
plains and flat land
15
Why were the foothills of the Zagros Mountains a good place to live?
They had stones for toolmaking
All of the above
They had timber for building shelter
They had plentiful rains
16
What was promising about the plains in southern Mesopotamia?
Trees grew very tall
Rivers flooded providing water
It was a great spot to vacation
It was sunny and made people happy

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Mesopotamia Chapter 4

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Questions 16

Answers

1
What did neighboring cities dispute over?
Water
Trees
Rulers
Barriers
2
How did Sumerians protect themselves?
By building walls
Using natural barriers
Taking cover under ground
Hiding behind mountain ranges
3
What systems helped control the water supply?
Irrigation
Both A and B
Levees
Sprinklers
4
What is silt similar to?
Rocks and minerals
A boulder
Marbles
Sand
5
The region of southern Mesopotamia is also referred to as...
Ur
Neolithic
Sumer
Summer
6
What area had good conditions for growing crops?
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Arabian Penninsula
Persian Gulf
7
What was a negative factor of floods?
They were unpredictable
They created swimming pools
They would freeze
They would create mud
8
What was the problem with canals?
They weren't deep enough
People didn't want to maintain them
They would become clogged with silt
They were ruined by attackers
9
What phrase describes NORTHERN Mesopotamia?
hard and dry
dry and snowy
flat and rainy
hilly and rainy
10
Why were there food shortages in the northern foothills?
animals died from the cold temperatures
there were not enough cows
the population increased
ice froze over the crops
11
Which of the following is a river in Mesopotamia?
Euphrates River
Delaware River
Tiger River
Nile River
12
Why was it important for villages to work together?
They had to scoop water to balance reservoirs
They had to clear the silt from the canals
All of the above
They had to maintain the irrigation system
13
Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means?
fertile soil
hilly mountains
land between 2 rivers
dry desert land
14
What phrase describes the geography of Sumer?
hilly and rainy
cold and snowy
flat and muddy
plains and flat land
15
Why were the foothills of the Zagros Mountains a good place to live?
They had stones for toolmaking
All of the above
They had timber for building shelter
They had plentiful rains
16
What was promising about the plains in southern Mesopotamia?
Trees grew very tall
Rivers flooded providing water
It was a great spot to vacation
It was sunny and made people happy