Ch. 4 - 6

The land of Mesopotamia is located at which current country?

(a)  

What is "the land between two rivers?"

• Mesopotamia
• Iraq

• Sumer

• Syria

Between which two rivers did Mesopotamians settle?

• Nile

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Mississippi

What is the southern area of Mesopotamia called where first civilizations developed?

• Syria

• Iraq

• Mesopotamia

• Sumer

Place in order the PROBLEMS the Mesopotamians experienced (first to last)

• building and maintaining a complex irrigation system

• food shortages in the Zagros Mountains

• attacks by neighboring communities

• uncontrolled water supply in the river valley

Place in order the SOLUTIONS the Mesopotamians experienced (first to last)

• cooperating with neighboring villages to clean out silt

• building walls and a moat

• moving to the river plains

• creating an irrigation system

Match the Mesopotamian problem with their solution.

• working with neighboring villages to cle

• building and maintaining a complex irrigation system

• moving to the river plains

• uncontrolled water supply in the river valley

• building walls and a moat

• food shortages in the Zagros Mountains

• creating an irrigation system

• attacks by neighboring communities

What is a canal (irrigation system)?

• ditches dug to control and channel the water

• built along the river to force water to a location

• earth walls to prevent flooding

• pools to store water for later use

What is a dam (irrigation system)?

• ditches dug to control and channel the water

• built along the river to force water to a location

• earth walls to prevent flooding

• pools to store water for later use

What is a levee (irrigation system)?

• ditches dug to control and channel the water

• built along the river to force water to a location

• earth walls to prevent flooding

• pools to store water for later use