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Social Studies
Chapter 4 Quiz
Question | Answer |
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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 |