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