L5 - The Rise of Sumerian City-States

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Which word means land between the rivers?

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Mesopotamia

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The environment of Sumer was...

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low and flat, with little rain

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Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

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Each of them had its own ruler and farmland

Front

Which fact allowed Neolithic people to farm in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains?

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The region had plenty of rain and good soil

Front

What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?

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increase in population

Front

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

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moving to the south to Sumer

Front

One factor that made farming difficult in the area of Sumer was...

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lack of rainfall

Front

Why did the rivers flood in the spring?

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Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began.

Front

What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?

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to store water for later use

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Why was silt a problem for the people for Sumer?

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It clogged the irrigation canals.