Lesson 4 Study Guide/vocab

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

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

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

Answer 11

Mesopotamia

Question 12

fine particles of rock

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 it’s location, which was between two

Answer 16

River

Question 17

What development caused 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

Moving to the south

Question 19

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

Answer 19

There was either too little water too much

Question 20

What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs

Answer 20

Prevent floods

Question 21

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

Answer 21

It allowed water to flow to the fields

Question 22

Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?

Answer 22

Canals got clogged with silt

Question 23

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other

Answer 23

They had to built and maintain irrigation system

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Mud bricks

Question 25

The people of Sumer constructed moats to

Answer 25

Prevent enemies