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6th grade Sumer History Alive Chapter 4
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
land between 2 mountain ranges
land of the Sumerians
land between 2 rivers
land between two oceans
2
Ur is an example of a
river
mountain
county
city state
3
How did city states protect themselves?
they worked together
they built a castle
Ziggurats
they built walls and moats
4
As Summerian cities grew larger, they fought over
water
basic beliefs
the best leader
the real gods
5
Why did the Sumerians move from the foot hills of the Zagros Mountains?
too many people
too many attacks
too hilly
not enough rain
6
Being a city state means that you have
strong leaders
enemies
your own ruler and laws
a lot of people
7
In order to solve the problem of water, Sumerians built
dams
all of the choices
irrigation system
levees
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What did the city states do to solve the problem of maintaining the irrigation system?
they went to war
they used slaves
they moved
they worked together
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Originally, the Sumerians lived in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains because
good weather
plenty of rain
alll of the above
there was wood to build
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Cities in Mesopotamia were made of
wood
sun baked clay bricks
stone
moats
