Unit 6 Assessment: Rise of Sumerian City States

What were the plains of Sumer 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.

What two rivers flow through Mesopotamia

• The Nile River and Euphrates River
• The Euphrates River and Tigris River
• The Nile River and Tigris River
• The Tigris River and Yangtze River

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

What made the Zagros foothills a good place for farming?

• 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

Why did rivers in Sumer 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

Why was farming a challenge in Sumer?

• thick forests
• steep hillsides.
• lack of rainfall.
• growth of weeds.

What was the main 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 attack