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