Lesson 4 Flashcards
(26 cards)
The environment of Sumer was______.
Dry and flat
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was between two_____.
Rivers
What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
Foothills did not have enough room and population to grow
What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
They moved to Sumer
Name the two factors that made farming difficult in the area of Sumer.
Flooding and dry soil
Why did the rivers flood in the spring?
The rain and the snow melting of the top of mountain
What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?
To store the water for later use
If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?
To prevent flooding
Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?
It clogged to cannals
Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?
To maintain the systems
Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with______.
Mud bricks
The people of Sumer constructed moats to_____.
Prevent enemies from entering there cities.
City-state
An early city that was like a small,independent country with its own laws and government
Complex
Arranged in a different way
Dispute
A strong disagreement
Euphrates River
One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
Irrigation
A means of supplying land with water
Layer
A substance that lies between or above other 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 rocks
Sumer
An area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
