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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) in mountain foothills
C) between two rivers
D) near a region of many conflicts
  • 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 all depended on each other for water
B) Each of them kept written records
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) Shallow canals watered the fields
B) The region had plenty of rain
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) overuse of the soil
B) increase in population
C) change in the climate
D) fighting between villages
  • 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) growth of weeds
B) steep hillsides
C) large mountain ranges
D) lack of rainfall
  • 8. Why did the rivers flood in the spring?
A) Ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
B) Strong winds blew from the Persian Gulf
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 load barges
B) to prevent floods
C) to control workers
D) to irrigate the crops
  • 11. Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?
A) It dried up the rivers
B) It clogged the irrigation canals
C) It crumbled the city walls
D) It ruined the soil for planting
  • 12. Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?
A) They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains
B) They had to fight off attacks from empires to the east
C) They cooperated to keep the irrigation system working
D) They exchanged different kids of natural resources
  • 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) get crops to grow better
B) protect cities from attacks
C) make villagers work together
D) bring drinking water into towns
  • 15. What two rivers run through Mesopotamia?
A) Sumer and Tigris Rivers
B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
C) Nile and Tigris 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) City-State
C) Culture
D) State-City
  • 19. The low flat plains of Mesopotamia are know as:
A) Persian Gulf
B) Zagros Mountain Range
C) Tigris River Valley
D) Sumer
  • 20. Irrigation is still used today>
A) False
B) True
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