Lesson 4 Vocab/study Guide

Question 1

City state

Answer 1

An early city that was like a small, independent country with it owns laws and government

Question 2

Complex

Answer 2

Arranged in a difficult way

Question 3

Constructed

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Dispute

Answer 4

A strong disagreement

Question 5

Euphrates river

Answer 5

One of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from the mountain in turkey to the Persian Gulf

Question 6

Irrigation

Answer 6

A means of supplying land with water

Question 7

Layer

Answer 7

A substance that lies between or above things

Question 8

Levee

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Maintaining

Answer 9

To keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs

Question 10

Material

Answer 10

A resource that can be used to make something else

Question 11

Mesopotamia

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Silt

Answer 12

Fine particles of rock

Question 13

Sumer

Answer 13

An area in southern moesopotamia, where cities first appeared

Question 14

Tigris river

Answer 14

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

Question 15

the environment of sumer was

Answer 15

low 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 cause food shortages in the zagreb’s mountains foothills

Answer 17

the population increased

Question 18

what solution did people in the agros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages

Answer 18

mesopotamians moved south from mountains to the plains

Question 19

name the two factors that made farming difficult in the area of sumer

Answer 19

during the spring tigris and euphrates rivers flooded the plains. rest of the year hot dry and windy

Question 20

why did the rivers flood the springs

Answer 20

snow melted in the mountain where rivers began

Question 21

what was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirsto control

Answer 21

to control the water supply

Question 22

if you were in acientífica sumer you might see a levee beside a river why was the levee built

Answer 22

canals because clogged with silt

Question 23

why did the villages of sumer depend on each other

Answer 23

cooperated to keep water system working

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

to prevent people from attacking them