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