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WorksheetsSettlement and Ancient Sumer
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
One grid square on an OS map is equal to
1 square mile
10 square miles
1 square kilometer
10 square kilometers
When using a 4 figure grid reference like 4732, which do you do first?
Go down the hall/corridor
Go up the stairs
Why would you use a 6 figure grid reference?
Because you like more numbers
Because you want to mark a more precise location
Because some maps only have 6 numbers instead of 4
Because when you play chess you need them.
What is located at 476 334?
a crossroads
a river
a forest
an information office
What does 1:100 000 mean if you see it on a map?
that 1 cm on a map is equal to 100 000 cm in real life
that 1 cm on a map is equal to 1 mile in real life
that 1 km on the map is 100 000 cm in real life
that 1 meter in real life is equal to 100 000 cm on the map
Which location is farther from Frankfurt, Germany?
Stockholm, Sweden
Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia
Dubai, UAE
Johannesburg, South Africa
What is a site?
a place where a village grows
a place with natural advantages
a place that has natural resources
all of the answers
What is the name of a site that has access to water but could flood?
(a)
What kind of site is safe from invaders?
(a)
What kind of settlement is this?
Dispersed
Nucleated
Linear
What kind of a settlement is this?
Dispersed
Nucleated
Linear
What kind of a settlement is this?
Dispersed
Nucleated
Linear
What kind of a settlement is this?
dispersed
nucleated
linear
If your parents migrated to Frankfurt for a better job, then you are here due to _________ factors.
Push
Pull
social
political
People migrated to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Iraq) from modern day....
Israel
Portugal
Iran
Turkey
Sumerians used things like ________ to control their water supply. Check all that apply.
dams
reservoirs
castles
canals
levees
Which of the following resources did the people from Sumer NOT have a lot of?
water
wood
silt
rich soil
What was clogging Sumerian canals?
dead fish
reeds
algae
silt
What does the word City State mean?
a city that acts like its own country
a city that is also a state within a country
a city that has the same name as a state
a city that is larger than 100,000 people.
Which of the following resources did the Sumerians most often fight over?
wood
water
wild animals
weather
Why did the Ancient Sumerians move to the land between rivers?
Population explosion
Not enough resources
Wanted more space
Searching for treasure
