History Alive Chapter 4 Study Guide
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What does the word Mesopotamia mean? | land between the rivers
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| Name the two rivers that ran through Mesopotamia. | Tigris Euphrates
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| How did the Sumerians protect their city-states from attack? | They built walls and moats around their cities for protection.
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| What caused people in Mesopotamia to move south ? | The population increased and there wasn't enough food.
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| Why was it more difficult to live in Sumer than it was in the foothills of the Zagros mountains? | Sumer didn't have natural barriers to keep out enemies. It was hot and dry most of the
year which wasn't good for farming. Also, the rivers flooded in the spring.
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| What did Sumerians use to control the water? | levees, canals, and dams
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| What happened when people from many villages used Sumerian irrigation systems? | They had to work together to take care of the irrigation system. This caused them to live
in larger communities.
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| Why were Sumerian settlements called city-states? | Each settlement had their own ruler, laws,and farmland
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| Why did Sumerians begin living in larger communities? | They had to work together to maintain the irrigation system which led to larger
communities.
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