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Social Studies
Chapter 4 Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mesopotamia means | Land between rivers |
| Sumer | First civilization ever in southern Mesopotamia. |
| irrigation | To supply land with water. |
| levee | Earthen dam |
| silt | fine particles in water |
| city-state | a city is like a independent country |
| What do you call the high, elevated land in the North of Mesopotamia? | Plateu |
| What do you call the low, flat land in the South of Mesopotamia? | Plain |
| What country is Mesopotamia in know? | Iraq |
| What are the two rivers that run through Mesopotamia? | Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. |
| What's another name for Mesopotamia? | Fertile Cresent. |
| What Sumerians need to do because of food shortages in the Zagros Mts? | Moved to the plains of Sumer. |
| What did the Sumerians do to keep their uncontrolled water supply controlled? | 1. levee 2. reservoir 3. irrigation canals |
| Because of silt clogs what did the Sumerians need to do? | Cooperate to maintain canals. |
| Because of the uncontrolled water supply, people started to attack their neighbors. What did the Sumerians do to stop this. | 1. made walls 2. made moats 3. created an army |