Unit 6 Assessment: Rise of Sumerian City States

Sumer was located in the plains. What was the land like?

• low and flat, with little rain
• hilly and dry, with many stones.
• thickly forested, with heavy storms.
• high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks.

Tigris and Euphrates were names of what?

• two cities in Mesopotamia

• two rivers in Mesopotamia

• two mountain ranges in Mesopotamia

• two deserts in Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia was located in what modern day country?

• Greece
• China
• India
• Iraq

What does "Mesopotamia" mean in the Greek Language?

• between two rivers.
• in mountain foothills.
• near a region of many conflicts.
• at the site of the earliest cities

Zagros foothills was a great place to grow crops and farm, why?

• plenty of dry grass for livestock
• plenty of rain and mild weather
• harsh climate made it suitable for grains
• easy access to the desert

Why did food shortages occur in the Zagros Foothills?

• population decrease
• soil overuse
• diseases and plagues
• population increase

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

• terrace farming
• moving south to Sumer

• constructing resevoirs
• connecting villages together

What caused the rivers to flood in the spring?

• due to sand storms from the Arabian Desert
• strong wind blew from the Persian Gulf
• Ice that had formed on the rivers broke into bits.
• Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began

What made farming in Sumer difficult?

• thick forests
• steep hillsides.
• hard and dry soil

• growth of weeds.

What was the main purpose of dams?

• to allow travel by boat
• to make it easier to fish
• to block and store water for later use

• to protect villages from attack