Unit 2 Review

What does the name Mesopotamia mean?

• between 2 rivers
• in mountains
• at the site of the earliest cities
• near a region of many conflicts

How did the Sumerians fix their food shortage?

• built terraces
• moved to the river plains to the south
• constructed reservoirs
• joined villages together

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

• They kept written records
• They were all part of 1 empire
• They depended on each other for water
• Each had their own ruler and farmland

What was the purpose of dams and reservoirs?

• Allow travel by boat
• Make it easier to fish
• Store water for a later use
• Protect villages from attack

What is a levee used for?

• load barges
• irrigate crops
• prevent floods
• control workers

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?

• To form caravans to visit the mountains
• To keep the irrigation systems going
• To exchange different kinds of resources
• To fight off attacks from other empires

Sumerian farming villages eventually became?

• self-governing city-states
• private estates
• bands of hunter-gatherers
• abandoned archaeological sites

A society has a stable food supply if....

• It has food for the king
• It has enough food for its people
• It buys food from other groups
• It gets food by hunting and fishing

What did Sumerians believe about their king that made him powerful?

• He was chosen by the gods
• He cared most about the poor
• He consulted with wise advisors
• He wanted everyone to be happy

The building in the picture relates to what feature of civilization?

• food
• writing
• religion
• government