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Rise of Sumerians - Chapter 4
Contributed by: Suttell
  • 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) in mountain foothills
D) between two rivers
  • 2. The environment of Sumer was
A) thickly forested, with heavy storms
B) hilly and dry, with many stones
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 the had its own ruler and farmland
B) They were all part of one great empire
C) They all depended on each other for water
D) Each of them kept written records
  • 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) The region had plenty of rain
D) Harsh climates are good for grains
  • 5. What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
A) overuse of the soil
B) fighting between villages
C) change in the climate
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) moving to the south
C) constructing reservoirs
D) building terraces
  • 7. What is a factor that made farming in Sumer difficult?
A) growth of weeds
B) steep hillsides
C) lack of rainfall
D) large mountain ranges
  • 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 make it easier to fish
B) to allow travel by boat
C) to protect the villages from attacks
D) to store water for later use
  • 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 crumbled the city walls
B) It dried up the rivers
C) It ruined the soil for planting
D) It clogged the irrigation canals
  • 12. Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?
A) They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains
B) They exchanged different kids of natural resources
C) They had to fight off attacks from empires to the east
D) They cooperated to keep the irrigation system working
  • 13. Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with
A) logs with pointed tips
B) rocks shaped into squares
C) reeds cut near the rivers
D) bricks made of mud
  • 14. The people of Sumer constructed moats to
A) get crops to grow better
B) bring drinking water into towns
C) make villagers work together
D) protect cities from attacks
  • 15. What two rivers run through Mesopotamia?
A) Sumer and Tigris Rivers
B) Nile and Tigris Rivers
C) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  • 16. The earliest cities developed by what year?
A) 3500 AD
B) 1904 AD
C) 3500 B.C.E
D) 10000 B.C.E
  • 17. What is irrigation?
A) A new method of fighting
B) A means to control water supply to the land
C) A Paleolithic tool
D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
  • 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) Persian Gulf
B) Zagros Mountain Range
C) Sumer
D) Tigris River Valley
  • 20. Irrigation is still used today>
A) False
B) True
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