Lesson 4 Vocab/study Guide Flashcards
City state
An early city that was like a small, independent country with it owns laws and government
Complex
Arranged in a difficult way
Constructed
To build;usually some kind of structure, such as a house
Dispute
A strong disagreement
Euphrates river
One of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from the mountain in turkey to the Persian Gulf
Irrigation
A means of supplying land with water
Layer
A substance that lies between or above things
Levee
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
Maintaining
To keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs
Material
A resource that can be used to make something else
Mesopotamia
In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Silt
Fine particles of rock
Sumer
An area in southern moesopotamia, where cities first appeared
Tigris river
One of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from the mountains to turkey to Persian gulf
the environment of sumer was
low flat with little rain
the name of mesopotamia comes from its location which was between two
rivers
what development cause food shortages in the zagreb’s mountains foothills
the population increased
what solution did people in the agros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages
mesopotamians moved south from mountains to the plains
name the two factors that made farming difficult in the area of sumer
during the spring tigris and euphrates rivers flooded the plains. rest of the year hot dry and windy
why did the rivers flood the springs
snow melted in the mountain where rivers began
what was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirsto control
to control the water supply
if you were in acientífica sumer you might see a levee beside a river why was the levee built
canals because clogged with silt
why did the villages of sumer depend on each other
cooperated to keep water system working
using natural resources found in the environment. sumerians built strong walls with
mud bricks
the people of sumer constructed moats to
to prevent people from attacking them
