Chapter 3 Lesson 1

Question 1

What does southern mesopotamia lay on?

Answer 1

Alluvial Plain

Question 2

Name one City, By 3500 bc that had developed?

Answer 2

Eridu

Question 3

What 2 rivers flowed into the ______?

Answer 3

Rivers: Tigris and Euphrates

Flowed into the Persian Gulf

Question 4

What type of soil was in the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates?

Answer 4

rich soil

Question 5

What is a high flat land?

Answer 5

plateau

Question 6

One of the worlds first civilizations formed in the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates river? This civilizations arose in a land that became known as?

Answer 6

sumer

Question 7

A plain formed from fine soil left behind by stream or river is a

Answer 7

Alluvial Plain

Question 8

Name a city that was part of the first civilization in Sumer?

Answer 8

Eridu

Question 9

Where did the earliest civilizations develop in south wester Asia?

Answer 9

in the valleys of the 4 major river systems

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 10

The civilization know as Sumer arose near which rivers?

Answer 10

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 11

Fertile refers to?

Answer 11

rich soil

Question 12

Early civilizations were built on what type of soil?

Answer 12

rich soil- such as areas where silt formed

Question 13

What land form did northern mesopotamia isit on?

Answer 13

plateau

Question 14

The land between two rivers means?

Answer 14

Mesopotamia

Question 15

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are _______ that flow into the Persian gulf?

Answer 15

tributary-tributaries

Question 16

How did major river systems support permanent settlements?

Answer 16

they had plenty of water to drink, cook with and water to bath in
fish in rivers
livestock grazed along rivers
good place to build settlements

Question 17

what made the land of southern mesopotamia good for farming?

Answer 17

rich soil
fertile soil
the rivers overflowed their banks in the spring the flood water deposited silt- which created the fertile soil

Question 18

How did people learn to deal with the droughts and the floods?

Answer 18

irrigation helped solve these problems- dug canals and stored water

Question 19

How did life change for the people of the Ubaid culture?

Answer 19

built more advanced irrigation systems and produced surpluses of crops
there simple life turned complex with required rules and organization - leaders were needed-
began living in larger homes-built larger temples
A more advanced culture developed

Question 20

WHat was necessary for the development of the first cities?

Answer 20

food surpluses?