Rise of Sumer - Civilization Pre-Test
  • 1. Mesopotamia was located in which modern day country?
A) Iraq
B) Israel
C) Russia
D) Syria
  • 2. Which geographic feature was most important to the growth and development of early cities.
A) River Valleys to meet farming needs
B) Land with plenty of resources
C) Mountains to protect
D) Low flat land to build
  • 3. Around what year did neolithic farming villages begin to suffer food shortages?
A) 10,000 B.C.E.
B) 5000 B.C.E
C) 3100 B.C.E
D) 78 A.D
  • 4. The plains of Mesopotamia are known as?
A) Euphrates River Valley
B) Uruk
C) Tigris River Valley
D) Sumer
  • 5. Irrigation is:
A) Leaving an area for better land
B) When soil becomes irritated in order to farm
C) a means of supplying land with water
D) Building a surplus of resources
  • 6. What is one feature of a city-state that contributed to it being an independent country?
A) Walled city
B) Different resources available than other cities
C) Leaders having different ideas about how to run the city
D) Having a large army to defeat all enemies
  • 7. What does Mesopotamia mean?
A) "The Land of Agriculture"
B) "The Land Between Two Rivers"
C) "The Land of Plenty Resources"
D) "The Land Protected by Mountains"
  • 8. True or False: Farming was easy for the early farmers in the Fertile Crescent area.
A) False
B) True
  • 9. Two problems faced by early neolithic farmer in the Fertile Crescent were?
A) Attacks by neighbors and Large cities fighting each other for power.
B) Food Shortages in the foothills and uncontrolled water supply
C) Attacks by neighbors and too many resources
D) Food shortages on the plains and mountain ranges that were too difficult to pass
  • 10. A levee is;
A) A river that floods when the snow on the mountains melts.
B) The damage that is done to the land after a river floods
C) A wall of earth built to prevent flooding
D) Leaves and other materials that are left behind after a river floods
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