Ancient Mesopotamia

Where was the ancient land known as Mesopotamia?

• in northern Africa near the Nile River

• in eastern Europe along the Danuble River

• in central Asia between the Syr Darya and Amu Darya

• between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

In Neolithic times, the first people to begin farming in Mesopotamia lived in the

• Pyrenees Mountains
• Rocky Mountains
• Zagros Mountains
• Pontic Mountains

In Sumer, the water supply was

• inadequate.  Farmers never had enough water.
• unreliable. Farmers had either too much water or too little.
• extreme. Farmers had too much water all the time.
• contaminated. Farmers rarely had enough clean water.

How did Sumerian farmers control the water supply?

• They built levees to prevent flooding.
• The dug canals to shape the paths the water took.
• They built reservoirs to store water for later use.
• All of the above.

When farmers cleaned the canals, they were working for

• the king.
• their own benefit.
• a regular paycheck.
• the common good.

Which statement is true?

• Sumerians had a peaceful civilization in which they shared water equally.
• Sumerians fought when one city kept water from another city.
• Sumerians had massive mountain ranges to protect them from their enemies.
• Sumerians bribed their enemies with water to keep them from attacking.

How did Sumerian city walls relate to the environment?

• The walls were made of wood cut from trees in the foothills.
• The walls were made of bricks using local mud.
• The walls were made of stones from a quarry in the Zagros Mountains.
• The walls were made of steel obtained through trade with Egypt.

Which of the following is an example of technology?

• a religious system
• an axle
• a job
• written language

The remains of different types and sizes of houses in Sumerian cities showed that

• Sumerians had a social structure.
• Sumerians had a set of religious beliefs.
• the largest homes were near the edge of the city.
• Sumerians used wood from the forests to build.

Which of these ancient Sumerians most likely made swords for the army?

• a metalworker
• a soldier
• a farmer
• a landowner