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