Test: WH - Unit 2, Lessons 5 + 6

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.

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.

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.

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

• rocky soil.

• steep hillsides.

• lack of rainfall.

• growth of weeds.

What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?

• allow travel by boat

• make it easier to fish

• store water for later use

• protect villages from attack

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

• load barges

• irrigate crops

• prevent floods

• control workers

Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?

• It dried up the rivers.

• It crumbled the city walls.

• It ruined the soil for planting.

• It clogged the irrigation canals.

Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?

• They formed caravans to safely visit the mountains.

• They cooperated to keep the water systems working.

• They exchanged different kinds of natural resources.

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

The people of Sumer constructed moats to

• get crops to grow better

• protect cities from attack

• make villagers work together

• bring drinking water into towns

Which phrase belongs in the empty box?

• self-governing cities

• large-scale private estates

• bands of hunters and gatherers

• abandoned archaeological sites