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Worksheets7.1.1 Geography of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Based on its name, what do you know about Mesopotamia?
It is located between two rivers.
It is located in mountain foothills.
It was home to a large population.
It was home to the world's first cities.
Sumerians used levees, canals, and dams to
keep water away from neighboring towns.
control the amount of water in the valley.
make ponds where they could wash cloths.
create waterfalls so they had water power.
What made it harder to live in Sumer than in the Zagros foothills?
Sumer had an uncontrolled water supply.
Sumer had many hills that made farming difficult.
Sumer had many stones that need to be cleared from farmland.
Sumer had many hills that provided adequate farmland.
The rolling foothills of the Zagros Mountains in Northern Mesopotamia had mild weather and plentiful rains.
True
False
By 5000 B.C.E., farmers in the Zagros
did not have enough land to grow food for all the people.
villages suffered from food surpluses (too much food).
found the plains near the Euphrates and Tigris rivers had and dry.
determined that migrating north would provide a cooler climate.
Farmers in Sumer faced many challenges.
In the spring, rain and melted snow caused the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to flood across the plains.
The flat plains around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers provided ample crops.
The sun-baked soil was dry and hard as stone.
Irrigation systems provided water for their fields.
Compared to the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Nile river was calm and predictable.
True
False
Compared to the Nile river valley, the Tigris-Euphrates river valley proved difficult to farm.
True
False
Unlike the Nile river valley, the Tigris-Euphrates river valley
did not have any natural barriers.
experienced predictable flooding.
required levees to prevent the flooding of the rivers.
had rivers that emptied into the Mediterranean Sea.
Unlike the Tigris-Euphrates river valley, the Nile river valley
was surrounded by desert, which served as a natural barrier.
experienced destructive flooding caused by rainfall and melting snow in the Spring.
required irrigation systems to bring water to farmers' fields.
was frequently invaded due to the lack of natural barriers.
Both the Tigris-Euphrates and Nile rivers possessed an area of sediment deposited at their respective mouths known as a
delta.
marsh.
coastal beach.
river bank.
