Lesson 4 Vocab And study Guide

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

In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and the 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 flows 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

2 main rivers-Tigris and Euphrates

Question 17

What developement caused food shortages in the Zafron’s foothills

Answer 17

The population increased

Question 18

What solution did people in the Zafron’s foothills find to fix the problems of food shortages?

Answer 18

They moved south from the mountains to the plains

Question 19

Name the 2 factors that made farming difficult in the area of Sumer

Answer 19

Farmers struggled to raise crops in the fields because the fields were either to flooded or too dry.

Question 20

Why did the rivers flood in the spring?

Answer 20

Seasonal weather change in sumer

Question 21

What was the cheif purpose of dams and reservoirs?

Answer 21

To maintain water

Question 22

If you where in ancient sumer you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?

Answer 22

To prevent water from flooding allowed water to flow to the fields.

Question 23

Why was silt a problem to the people of Sumer?

Answer 23

Canals became clogged with silt and needed to be cleaned regularly

Question 24

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other

Answer 24

Cooperated to keep the water systems working

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Mud Bricks

Question 26

The people of Sumer constructed moats to

Answer 26

To protect cities from attacks