Mesopotamia Review

What was an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government ?

• City-State
• Civilization
• Social Structure
• Ziggurat

What is wedge-shaped letters written on soft clay?    

• city-state
• scribes
• cuneiform
• ziggurat

What is a seven story temple built to honor their chief god?

• ziggurat
• city-state
• colony
• palace

What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?

• Overuse of the soil

• Change in the climate

• Increase in population

• Fighting between the villages

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

• They built terraces

• They moved between the two rivers

• They constructed reservoirs

• They joined villages together

Why did the rivers flood in the Spring?

• Underground geysers would cause the rivers to overflow

• Strong winds blew from the Persian Gulf

• Ice that had formed on the rivers broke into bits

• Snow melted in the mountains and flowed into the rivers

What was the purpose of dams and reservoirs?

• To allow travel by boat

• To make it easier to fish

• To store water for later use

• To protect villages from attacks

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on 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

Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with

• bricks made of mud

• logs with pointed tips

• reeds cut near the river

• rocks shaped into squares

Why was silt a problem for 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