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