Mesopotamia (Quiz 1)

A society has a stable food supply if

• it gives food to the king.

• it has food for its people.

• it buys food from other groups.

• it gets food by hunting and fishing.

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

• the arch

• the plow

• the wheel

• the chariot

Which member of Sumerian society would be responsible for the following things: leading the army, enforcing the laws, and having temples built?

• the king

• the priests

• the scribes

• the farmers

A ziggurat was a building related to which aspect of Sumerian life?

• food

• writing

• religion

• government

The environment of Sumer was

• low and flat, with little rain.

• hilly and dry, with many stones.

• thickly forested, with heavy storms.

• high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks.

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

• Each of them kept their own written records.

• They were all part of one great empire.

• They all depended on each other for water.

• Each of them had their own ruler and land.

The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was

• between two rivers.

• in mountain foothills.

• near a region of many conflicts.

• at the site of the earliest cities.

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?

• They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains.

• They worked together to keep the irrigation canals working.

• They exchanged different kinds of natural resources.

• They had to fight off attacks from empires to the east.

What started out as a Sumerian farming village turned in to a/an

• self-governing city-state.

• large-scale private estate.

• group of hunter gatherers.

• abandoned archaeological site.

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

• rocky soil.

• steep hillsides.

• lack of rainfall.

• growth of weeds.