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Rise of Sumer - Civilization Pre-Test
Contributed by: Suttell
  • 1. Mesopotamia was located in which modern day country?
A) Russia
B) Iraq
C) Israel
D) Syria
  • 2. Which geographic feature was most important to the growth and development of early cities.
A) Land with plenty of resources
B) Mountains to protect
C) River Valleys to meet farming needs
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) 3100 B.C.E
C) 78 A.D
D) 5000 B.C.E
  • 4. The plains of Mesopotamia are known as?
A) Tigris River Valley
B) Sumer
C) Euphrates River Valley
D) Uruk
  • 5. Irrigation is:
A) Building a surplus of resources
B) a means of supplying land with water
C) When soil becomes irritated in order to farm
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) Walled city
B) Different resources available than other cities
C) Having a large army to defeat all enemies
D) Leaders having different ideas about how to run the city
  • 7. What does Mesopotamia mean?
A) "The Land of Plenty Resources"
B) "The Land Between Two Rivers"
C) "The Land of Agriculture"
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) Food shortages on the plains and mountain ranges that were too difficult to pass
D) Attacks by neighbors and too many resources
  • 10. A levee is;
A) The damage that is done to the land after a river floods
B) A river that floods when the snow on the mountains melts.
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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