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Settlement and Ancient Sumer

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One grid square on an OS map is equal to

a)

1 square mile

b)

10 square miles

c)

1 square kilometer

d)

10 square kilometers

2.

When using a 4 figure grid reference like 4732, which do you do first?

a)

Go down the hall/corridor

b)

Go up the stairs

3.

Why would you use a 6 figure grid reference?

a)

Because you like more numbers

b)

Because you want to mark a more precise location

c)

Because some maps only have 6 numbers instead of 4

d)

Because when you play chess you need them.

4.

What is located at 476 334?

a)

a crossroads

b)

a river

c)

a forest

d)

an information office

5.

What does 1:100 000 mean if you see it on a map?

a)

that 1 cm on a map is equal to 100 000 cm in real life

b)

that 1 cm on a map is equal to 1 mile in real life

c)

that 1 km on the map is 100 000 cm in real life

d)

that 1 meter in real life is equal to 100 000 cm on the map

6.

Which location is farther from Frankfurt, Germany?

a)

Stockholm, Sweden

b)

Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia

c)

Dubai, UAE

d)

Johannesburg, South Africa

7.

What is a site?

a)

a place where a village grows

b)

a place with natural advantages

c)

a place that has natural resources

d)

all of the answers

8.

What is the name of a site that has access to water but could flood?

(a)  

9.

What kind of site is safe from invaders?

(a)  

10.

What kind of settlement is this?

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

11.

What kind of a settlement is this?

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

12.

What kind of a settlement is this?

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

13.

What kind of a settlement is this?

a)

dispersed

b)

nucleated

c)

linear

14.

If your parents migrated to Frankfurt for a better job, then you are here due to _________ factors.

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

social

d)

political

15.

People migrated to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Iraq) from modern day....

a)

Israel

b)

Portugal

c)

Iran

d)

Turkey

16.

Sumerians used things like ________ to control their water supply. Check all that apply.

a)

dams

b)

reservoirs

c)

castles

d)

canals

e)

levees

17.

Which of the following resources did the people from Sumer NOT have a lot of?

a)

water

b)

wood

c)

silt

d)

rich soil

18.

What was clogging Sumerian canals?

a)

dead fish

b)

reeds

c)

algae

d)

silt

19.

What does the word City State mean?

a)

a city that acts like its own country

b)

a city that is also a state within a country

c)

a city that has the same name as a state

d)

a city that is larger than 100,000 people.

20.

Which of the following resources did the Sumerians most often fight over?

a)

wood

b)

water

c)

wild animals

d)

weather

21.

Why did the Ancient Sumerians move to the land between rivers?

a)

Population explosion

b)

Not enough resources

c)

Wanted more space

d)

Searching for treasure