The Rise of Sumerian City-States Quiz

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• The land between the rivers

• The land of rolling hills

• The land of ancient ruins

• The land of small villages

What were the two rivers in Mesopotamia?

• Nile River and Amazon River

• Tigris River and Euphrates River

• Yangtze River and Yellow River

• Mississippi River and Missouri River

What were the earliest cities in Sumer called?

• City-states

• Villages

• Towns

• Countries

What were the city walls in Sumer made of?

• Wood

• Stone

• Bricks

• Metal

What were the moats outside the city walls used for?

• Irrigation

• Protection from enemies

• Farming

• Transportation

What were the challenges faced by Sumerian farmers?

• Food shortages, uncontrolled water supply, difficulties in building and maintaining irrigation systems, attacks by neighboring communities

• Lack of tools, lack of farmland, lack of sunlight, lack of rain

• Too much food, too much water, too many tools, too many enemies

• Too little food, too little water, too few tools, too few enemies

What did Sumerian farmers do to control the water supply?

• Built walls and moats

• Dug canals and constructed dams

• Planted more crops

• Prayed for rain

What did Sumerians use to build their city walls?

• Wood

• Stone

• Bricks

• Metal

What did Sumerians do to maintain their irrigation system?

• Cleared the canals of silt, scooped water from one reservoir to another

• Built more canals, dug deeper reservoirs

• Blocked the rivers, diverted water to other villages

• Prayed for rain

What were the Sumerian cities called?

• City-states

• Villages

• Towns

• Countries