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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) between two rivers
C) at the site of the earliest cities
D) in mountain foothills
  • 2. The environment of Sumer was
A) thickly forested, with heavy storms
B) hilly and dry, with many stones
C) high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks
D) low and flat, with little rain
  • 3. Why were Sumerian communities called "city-states"?
A) Each of the had its own ruler and farmland
B) Each of them kept written records
C) They all depended on each other for water
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) Harsh climates are good for grains
C) Shallow canals watered the fields
D) Goats can live on dry grass
  • 5. What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
A) increase in population
B) fighting between villages
C) overuse of the soil
D) change in the climate
  • 6. What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
A) joining villages together
B) building terraces
C) constructing reservoirs
D) moving to the south
  • 7. What is a factor that made farming in Sumer difficult?
A) large mountain ranges
B) growth of weeds
C) steep hillsides
D) lack of rainfall
  • 8. Why did the rivers flood in the spring?
A) Strong winds blew from the Persian Gulf
B) Heavy rain fell throughout the area
C) Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
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 irrigate the crops
B) to prevent floods
C) to control workers
D) to load barges
  • 11. Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?
A) It clogged the irrigation canals
B) It ruined the soil for planting
C) It dried up the rivers
D) It crumbled the city walls
  • 12. Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?
A) They cooperated to keep the irrigation system working
B) They exchanged different kids of natural resources
C) They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains
D) They had to fight off attacks from empires to the east
  • 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) make villagers work together
B) get crops to grow better
C) protect cities from attacks
D) bring drinking water into towns
  • 15. What two rivers run through Mesopotamia?
A) Sumer and Tigris Rivers
B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
  • 16. The earliest cities developed by what year?
A) 3500 B.C.E
B) 1904 AD
C) 10000 B.C.E
D) 3500 AD
  • 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) State-City
C) City-State
D) Culture
  • 19. The low flat plains of Mesopotamia are know as:
A) Tigris River Valley
B) Zagros Mountain Range
C) Sumer
D) Persian Gulf
  • 20. Irrigation is still used today>
A) True
B) False
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