SS L4 Vocab/ 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 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 its location, which was between two

Answer 16

Rivers

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

Moved to the south

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Field were either flooded or too dry

Question 20

Why did the rivers flood in the spring

Answer 20

Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began

Question 21

What was the chief our of dams and reservoirs

Answer 21

To control their water supply

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Levees were built to prevent flooding

Question 23

Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer

Answer 23

Canals got clogged

Question 24

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other

Answer 24

Cooperated to keep the water system 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

Prevent people from coming into their home and attacking them