L4 /Study Guide

Question 1

An early city like a small, independent country with its own laws and government

Answer 1

City-state

Question 2

Arranged in a difficult way

Answer 2

Complex

Question 3

To build;usually some kind of structure such as a house

Answer 3

Constructed

Question 4

A strong disagreement

Answer 4

Dispute

Question 5

One of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in turkey to the Persian gulf.

Answer 5

Euphrates River

Question 6

A means of supplying land with water

Answer 6

Irrigation

Question 7

A substance that lies between or above other things

Answer 7

Layer

Question 8

A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks

Answer 8

Levee

Question 9

to keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs

Answer 9

Maintaining

Question 10

A resource that can be used to make something else

Answer 10

Material

Question 11

In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Answer 11

Mesopotamia

Question 12

Fine particles of rocks

Answer 12

Silt

Question 13

An area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared

Answer 13

Sumer

Question 14

One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf

Answer 14

Tigris River

Question 15

The environment of Sumer was

Answer 15

Low and flat with little rain

Question 16

The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was between two

Answer 16

Rivers

Question 17

What development causes food shortages in the Zagros foothills

Answer 17

Population increased

Question 18

What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages

Answer 18

Population increased

Question 19

What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages

Answer 19

They moved to the plains

Question 20

Name the two factors that made farming difficult in the area of Sumer.

Answer 20

-too little or too much water
-flooded during the spring

Question 21

Why did the rivers flood in the spring

Answer 21

The rain and melted snow flowed into the rivers

Question 22

Hat was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs

Answer 22

Store water for later use

Question 23

If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built

Answer 23

Prevent from flooding

Question 24

Why was slit a problem for the people of Sumer

Answer 24

Could dispute entire system

Question 25

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other

Answer 25

Build and maintain complex irrigation systems

Question 26

Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with

Answer 26

Mud bricks

Question 27

The people of Sumer constructed moats to

Answer 27

Prevent enemies from entering