Meso/Sumer Practice

NORTHERN Mesopotamia is best described as

• Low flat plains

• Mountainous (or hilly) and received rain

• Hot and dry desert

• Humid and cold

SOUTHERN Mesopotamia is best described as

• Low flat plains

• Mountainous (or hilly) and received rain

• Hot and dry desert

• Humid and cold

What rivers are in Mesopotamia.  Select ALL that apply.

• Tigris

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Tiber

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

• building terraces in the Zagros mountains

• joining villages together

• constructing reservoirs in the foothills

• moving to the plains in the south

Which is Mesopotamia classified as?

• Region

• City-State

• Empire

• Civilization

What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?

• to protect villages from attack

• to allow travel by boat

• to store water for later use

• to make it easier to fish

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?

• They cooperated to keep the water systems working.

• They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains.

• They exchanged different kinds of natural resources.

• They had to fight off attacks from empires to the east.

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

• to load barges

• to irrigate crops

• to prevent flooding

• to control workers

What did metalworkers craft?

• swords

• jewelry

• mirrors

• all of the above

Do ALL city-states in Mesopotamia speak the same language?

• YES

• NO