The Rise of the Sumerian City States

The Rise of the Sumerian City States

6th Grade

15 Qs

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The Rise of the Sumerian City States

The Rise of the Sumerian City States

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The environment of Sumer was

low and flat, with little rain

hilly and dry, with many stones

thickly forested, with heavy storms

high and cold, with sharp mountain peaks

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was

between two rivers

in mountain foothills

near a region of many conflicts

at the site of the earliest cities

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

Each of them kept written records.

They were all part of one great empire.

They all depended on each other for water.

Each of them had its own ruler and farmland.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?

overuse of the soil

change in the climate

increase in population

fighting between villages

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

building terraces

moving to the south

constructing resevoirs

joining villages together

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

rocky soil

steep hillsides

lack of rainfall

growth of weeds

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the rivers flood in the spring?

Heavy rain fell throughout the area.

Strong winds blew from the Persian Gulf.

Ice that had formed on the rivers broke into bits.

Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began.

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