Social Studies Actual Lesson 4

Question 1

City-state

Answer 1

An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government

Question 2

Complex

Answer 2

Arranged in a difficult way

Question 3

Dispute

Answer 3

A strong disagreement

Question 4

Euphrates River

Answer 4

One of the 2 largest rivers in Southwest Asia that from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian gulf

Question 5

Irrigation

Answer 5

A means of supplying land with water

Question 6

Layer

Answer 6

A substance that lies between or above other things

Question 7

Levee.

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Maintaining

Answer 8

To keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs

Question 9

Material

Answer 9

A resource that can be used to make something else

Question 10

Mesopotamia

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Silt

Answer 11

Fine particles of a rock

Question 12

Sumer

Answer 12

An area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared

Question 13

Tigris River

Answer 13

One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf

Question 14

Constructed

Answer 14

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

Question 15

The environment of Sumer was __________.

Answer 15

Low and flat plains

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 Zagreb’s foothills?

Answer 17

The increase of population

Question 18

What solution did people in the zagrebs foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages

Answer 18

Moved to the south plains