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