Mesopotamia

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What does the name Mesopotamia come from?

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between two rivers.

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Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

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Each of them had its own ruler and farmland.

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What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?

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moving south to the plains

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One factor that made farming difficult in the area of Sumer was...

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lack of rainfall and floods.

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If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?

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to prevent floods

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Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?

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It clogged the irrigation canals.

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A society has a stable food supply if...

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it has enough food for its people.

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Which one of these inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?

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the plow

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Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?

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He was supported by the gods.

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Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?

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to write down the laws