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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) at the site of the earliest cities
B) between two rivers
C) near a region of many conflicts
D) in mountain foothills
  • 2. The environment of Sumer was
A) hilly and dry, with many stones
B) low and flat, with little rain
C) thickly forested, with heavy storms
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) Each of the had its own ruler and farmland
D) They all depended on each other for water
  • 4. Which fact allowed people to farm in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains
A) The region had plenty of rain
B) Shallow canals watered the fields
C) Goats can live on dry grass
D) Harsh climates are good for grains
  • 5. What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
A) fighting between villages
B) change in the climate
C) overuse of the soil
D) increase in population
  • 6. What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
A) moving to the south
B) building terraces
C) constructing reservoirs
D) joining villages together
  • 7. What is a factor that made farming in Sumer difficult?
A) lack of rainfall
B) steep hillsides
C) large mountain ranges
D) growth of weeds
  • 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 store water for later use
B) to make it easier to fish
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 prevent floods
B) to irrigate the crops
C) to load barges
D) to control workers
  • 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 had to fight off attacks from empires to the east
B) They exchanged different kids of natural resources
C) They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains
D) They cooperated to keep the irrigation system working
  • 13. Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with
A) reeds cut near the rivers
B) bricks made of mud
C) rocks shaped into squares
D) logs with pointed tips
  • 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) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
B) Nile and Tigris Rivers
C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
D) Sumer and Tigris Rivers
  • 16. The earliest cities developed by what year?
A) 3500 AD
B) 10000 B.C.E
C) 1904 AD
D) 3500 B.C.E
  • 17. What is irrigation?
A) A new method of fighting
B) A means to control water supply to the land
C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
D) A Paleolithic tool
  • 18. A self governing city that has its own ruler and laws is known as a
A) City-State
B) State-City
C) Culture
D) Empire
  • 19. The low flat plains of Mesopotamia are know as:
A) Zagros Mountain Range
B) Tigris River Valley
C) Persian Gulf
D) Sumer
  • 20. Irrigation is still used today>
A) False
B) True
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