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