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Mesopotamia

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was

A. between two rivers.
B. in mountain foothills.
C. near a region of many conflicts.
D. at the site of the earliest cities.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

2. Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

A. Each of them kept written records.
B. They were all part of one great empire.
C. They all depended on each other for water.
D. Each of them had its own ruler and farmland.

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

3. Choose the 2 natural resources from the choices below.

A. hammer
B. wood
C. scribe
D. stone

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

4. Why did the rivers flood in the spring?

A. Heavy rain fell throughout the area.
B. Strong winds blew from the Persian Gulf.
C. Ice that had formed on the rivers broke into bits.
D. Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

5. If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?

A. to load barges
B. to irrigate crops
C. to prevent floods
D. to control workers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

6. Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?

A. They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains.
B. They cooperated to keep the water systems working.
C. They exchanged different kinds of natural resources.
D. They had to fight off attacks from empires to the east.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

7. The people of Sumer constructed moats to

A. get crops to grow better.
B. protect cities from attack.
C. make villagers work together.
D. bring drinking water into towns.

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