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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) between two rivers
B) in mountain foothills
C) near a region of many conflicts
D) at the site of the earliest cities
  • 2. The environment of Sumer was
A) hilly and dry, with many stones
B) thickly forested, with heavy storms
C) low and flat, with little rain
D) high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks
  • 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) 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) overuse of the soil
B) fighting between villages
C) increase in population
D) change in the climate
  • 6. What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
A) moving to the south
B) constructing reservoirs
C) joining villages together
D) building terraces
  • 7. What is a factor that made farming in Sumer difficult?
A) lack of rainfall
B) growth of weeds
C) steep hillsides
D) large mountain ranges
  • 8. Why did the rivers flood in the spring?
A) Heavy rain fell throughout the area
B) Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
C) Strong winds blew from the Persian Gulf
D) Ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
  • 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 protect the villages from attacks
D) to make it easier to fish
  • 10. If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river, why was the levee built?
A) to control workers
B) to load barges
C) to irrigate the crops
D) to prevent floods
  • 11. Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?
A) It ruined the soil for planting
B) It clogged the irrigation canals
C) It crumbled the city walls
D) It dried up the rivers
  • 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) bricks made of mud
B) rocks shaped into squares
C) reeds cut near the rivers
D) logs with pointed tips
  • 14. The people of Sumer constructed moats to
A) bring drinking water into towns
B) make villagers work together
C) get crops to grow better
D) protect cities from attacks
  • 15. What two rivers run through Mesopotamia?
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
B) Sumer and Tigris Rivers
C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
  • 16. The earliest cities developed by what year?
A) 3500 AD
B) 1904 AD
C) 10000 B.C.E
D) 3500 B.C.E
  • 17. What is irrigation?
A) A means to control water supply to the land
B) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
C) A Paleolithic tool
D) A new method of fighting
  • 18. A self governing city that has its own ruler and laws is known as a
A) Culture
B) Empire
C) State-City
D) City-State
  • 19. The low flat plains of Mesopotamia are know as:
A) Sumer
B) Zagros Mountain Range
C) Tigris River Valley
D) Persian Gulf
  • 20. Irrigation is still used today>
A) True
B) False
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