Lesson

Question 1

an early city that was 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

A strong disagreement

Answer 3

Dispute

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Euphrates River

Question 5

a means of supplying land with water

Answer 5

Irrigation

Question 6

a substance that lies between or above other things

Answer 6

Layer

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Levee

Question 8

to keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs

Answer 8

Maintaining

Question 9

a resource that can be used to make something else

Answer 9

Materials

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Mesopotamia

Question 11

fine particles of rock

Answer 11

Silt

Question 12

Sumeran area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared

Answer 12

Sumer

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Tigers River

Question 14

to build; usually some kind of structure, such as a house

Answer 14

constructed

Question 15

The environment of Sumer was

Answer 15

Flat land, low plains, soil was dry, and little rain

Question 16

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

Answer 16

River

Question 17

What development caused food shortages in the Zagreb’s foothills

Answer 17

Didn’t have enough land to grow food for there growing population

Question 18

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

Answer 18

They moved to the low plains

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Fields were either flooded or to dry.

Question 20

Why did the rivers flood in the spring

Answer 20

Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began

Question 21

What was the chief purpose of dames and reservoirs

Answer 21

To store water for later use

Question 22

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

Answer 22

To prevent floods

Question 23

Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?

Answer 23

Silt was clogging canals.

Question 24

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?

Answer 24

So they could maintain the irrigation systems and keep it running

Question 25

Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong wall with ___.

Answer 25

Mud bricks

Question 26

The people of Sumer constructed moats to ___.

Answer 26

Protect cities from attack