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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which wasbetween two rivers.in mountain foothills.near a region of many conflictsat the site of the earliest cities
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe environment of Sumer waslow and flat, with little rainhilly and dry, with many stones.thickly forsted, with heavy storms.high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy were Sumerian communities called city-states?Each of them kept written records.They were all of one great empireThey all depended on each other for water.Each of them had its own ruler and farmland
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich fact allowed Neolithic people to farm in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains?Goats can live on dry grass.The region had plenty of rain.Shallow canals watered the fields.Harsh climates are good for grains.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?overuse of the soilchange in the climateincrease in populationfighting between villages
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?building terracesmoving to the southconstructing reservoirsjoining villages together
- 7. Multiple ChoiceOne factor that made farming difficult in the area of Sumer wasrocky soilsteep killsideslack of rainfallgrowth of weeds
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the rivers flood in the spring?Heavy rain fell throughout the areaStrong winds blew from the Persian GulfIce that'd formed on the rivers broke into bitsSnow melted in the mountains where the rivers began
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?to allow travel by boatto make it easier to fishto store water for later useto protect villages from attack
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIf you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?to load bargesto irrigate cropsto prevent floodsto control workers
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhy was silt a problem of the people of Sumer?It dried up the rivers.It crumbled the city walls.It ruined the soil for planting.It clogged the irrigation canals.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceUsing natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls withbricks made of mud.logs with pointed tips.reeds cut near the rivers.rocks shaped into squares.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe people of Sumer constructed moats toget crops to grow better.protect cities from attack.make villagers work together.bring drinking water into towns.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the villages of Sumer depends each other?They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains.they cooperated to keep the water systems working.They exchanged different kinds of natural resources.They had to fight off attacks from empires to the east.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceSumerian farming villages ------>
(3500-3000 B.C. E.) --->
?????self-governing citieslarge-scale private estatesbands of hunters and gatherersabandoned archaeological sites - 16. Multiple ChoiceMesopotamia is a Greek word that means what?the land between two mountainsthe land between the riversthe land developed by farmersdry land
- 17. Multiple ChoiceIn ancient times, Mesopotamia was the geographic area located between which TWO rivers?Tigris & NileOhio & TigrisEuphrates & OhioTigris & Euphrates
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThese villages were located on a land of rolling hills and low plains called _____New York CityMesopotamiaFertile CrescentThe Syrian Desert
- 19. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Sumerian city walls relate to the environment?The walls were made of wood cut from trees in the foothills.The walls were made of bricks using local mud.The walls were made of stones from a quarry in the Zagros Mountainsthe walls were made of steel obtained through trade with Egypt.
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