Lesson 4 Vocab And study Guide Flashcards
An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government.
City- State
Arranged in a difficult way
Complex
To build; usually some kind of structure such as a house.
Constructed
A strong disagreement
Dispute
One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf.
Euphrates River
A means of supplying land with water
Irrigation
a substance that lies between or above other things.
Layer
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
Levee
To keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs.
Maintaining
A resource that can be used to make something else
Material
In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
Mesopotamia
Fine particles of rock
Silt
An area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
Sumer
One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flows from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf.
Tigris River
The environment of Sumer was
Low and flat with little rain.
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location which was between two..
2 main rivers-Tigris and Euphrates
What developement caused food shortages in the Zafron’s foothills
The population increased
What solution did people in the Zafron’s foothills find to fix the problems of food shortages?
They moved south from the mountains to the plains
Name the 2 factors that made farming difficult in the area of Sumer
Farmers struggled to raise crops in the fields because the fields were either to flooded or too dry.
Why did the rivers flood in the spring?
Seasonal weather change in sumer
What was the cheif purpose of dams and reservoirs?
To maintain water
If you where in ancient sumer you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?
To prevent water from flooding allowed water to flow to the fields.
Why was silt a problem to the people of Sumer?
Canals became clogged with silt and needed to be cleaned regularly
Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other
Cooperated to keep the water systems working
Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with
Mud Bricks
The people of Sumer constructed moats to
To protect cities from attacks
