Mesopotamia, Section 2

SELECT TWO. What were TWO of the four main problems in Mesopotamia?

• Food shortages in the hills

• An uncontrolled water supply

• It was hot

• There were not enough jobs for everyone

• They did not have a good leader

What is a city-state?

• A small, independent country. They had their own ruler and their own farmland to provide food.

• The ruler of a country

• The legislators of a civilization

• A temple where the ruler of a civilization lived

"Mesopotamia" was

• The land between the rivers

• A river

• A canal

• A language

In Mesopotamia, irrigation was ____________.

• A means of supplying land with water

• A new system of planting crops

• A way of storing food for the winter

• A form of cooking

What was Sumer?

• The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia.

• It meant "summer", like the season, in Mesopotamia

• It was a crop that Mesopotamians planted

• It was a river

What was a "Sumerian"?

• Ancient people who lived in the geographic region of Sumer

• The form of government in Mesopotamia

• The type of crops grown by people in Sumer

• The river in Sumer

What are the Zagros Mountains?

• An area in northern Mesopotamia that was a good place to farm

• A mountain range in North America

• The tallest mountain in the world

• A mountain range in northern Mesopotamia that received a lot of snow

I am living in the low-lying plains of Mesopotamia. I know the rainy season is coming soon. To make sure my farm doesn't flood, I will build a _____________

• Canal

• House on stilts

• Moat

• Bridge

SELECT TWO. My village is in danger of an attack by our neighbors. To make sure our village is safe, I will build a ____________

• Wall around my village

• A moat filled with water

• Canal

• Shelter

I live at the bottom of the Zagros Mountains. My canal is clean and NOT clogged with silt. However, I am still not receiving any water. This must mean that my neighbors at the top of the hill are ____________________

• NOT cleaning and maintaining their canals, so they are all clogged with silt

• Maintaining their canals