Lesson 4 Vocab/Study Guide Flashcards
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The environment of the Summer was
Low and flat with little rain
The name of Mesopotamia comes from irs location witch was between two
Rivers
What development caused food shortages in the Zagreb foothills
Population increased
What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortage
They moved south from the foothills to the plains
Name the two factors that made farming difficult in the area of Sumer
To little rain or too much
Why did the rivers overflow in Spring
Rain and melted snow from the mountains
What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs
To store water for later use
If you were an ancient Sumer you might see a leave besides a river. Why was the levee built
Prevent flooding
Why was the problem of the people of Sumer
Clogged irrigation system
Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other
Cooperated to keep the water system working
Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with
Mud brick
The people of Sumer constructed moats to
To protect the town or city
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 a house
Constructed
A strong disagreement
Dispute
One of the two largest rivers in the Southern 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 leis between or about or above other things
Layer
A wall of earth to prevent a river from flooding its bank
Leeve
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 Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia
Fine particles of rock
Silt
