6th Grade SS Chapter 4 The Rise of Sumerian City-States (Multiple Choice)
By what period of time did most Sumerians live in walled city-states...
3500 BCE
A Sumerian city-state was like a ... Answer a, b, c, or d a)tiny country b)cute kitty cat c)small army d)giant farm
a
Based on its name what do you know about Mesopotamia? Answer a, b, c, or d a)it is located between two rivers b)it is located in mountain foothills c)It was home for a large population d)It was home of the world's first city
a
Mesopotamians' attempts to meet their survival challenges result in the creation of what? Answer a, b, c, or d a)city-states b)separatist states c)small villages d)remote family living
a
What change caused by farming in northern Mesopotamia led people to move south? Answer a, b, c, or d a)the population increased and they wasn't enough food b)the people fought and they need to find new places to live c)the climate changed and it got too dry to keep living there d)the soil got overused and plants could no longer grow there
a
What is the name of a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding? Answer a, b, c, or d a)levee b)moat c)trough d)irrigation system
a
What is the name of an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government? Answer a, b, c, or d a)city-state b)irrigation system c)village d)empire
a
What is the name of the area in the southern part of Mesopotamia where cities first appeared? Answer a, b, c, or d a)Sumer b)Tigris c)Mesopotamia d)Zagros
a
What is the name of the area whose northwest region was hilly and received rain, the south part was a hot low plain and flat land and little rain. The south area had dry hard soil except when it flooded. The area described can be found between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Answer a, b, c, or d a)Mesopotamia b)Tigris c)Euphrates d)Zagros
a
What made it harder to live in Sumer than in the foothills of Zagros? Answer a, b, c, or d a)Sumer lacked natural barriers to keep out enemies b)Sumer had many hills that made farming difficult c)Sumer had many stones that needed to be cleared from farmland d)Sumer lacked strong people to build canals
a
What was one of the four key problems with trying to survive in Mesopotamia. Answer a, b, c, or d a)food shortage in hills b)perfect weather c)too many choices and supplies d)no rivers
a
What were ancient people who lived in the geographic region of Sumer called? Answer a, b, c, or d a)Sumerians b)Tigrisians c)Mesopotamians d)Zagronians
a
How did city-states protect themselves from the invasions and attacks from other city-states? Answer a, b, c, or d a)they hid in secret rooms b)they built walls and dug moats around their cities c)they lit a ring of fire around the perimeter of their community d)They invented cannons
b
Most Sumerians lived in walled in city-states by...? Answer a, b, c, or d a)2500 BCE b)3000 BCE c)3500 BCE d)5000 BCE
b
Read this paragraph about Sumerian cities. Early Sumerian cities were walled settlements surrounded by farmland. The strong city walls were built of sun baked bricks. Moats , or ditches filled with water surrounded the walls. What does this arrangement tell you about the Sumerians? Answer a, b, c, or d a)The did not trade with others b)The protected themselves from others c)They did not produce their own food d)They lived during the Paleolithic Ageb
b
Sumerians used levees, canals and dams to ... Answer a, b, c, or d a)keep water away from neighboring towns b)control the amount of water in the valley c)make ponds were they could wash clothes d)create waterfalls so they had water power
b
What kind of place was Mesopotamia to live? Answer a or b a)Easy b)Hard
b
Why did people move to Sumer? Answer a, b, c, or d a)too many stones had to moved in Zagros b)available farm land ran out in the Zagros Mountains because of it ideal conditions c)attacks by neighbor communities d)there wasn't enough rain in Zagros
b
Why were Sumerian villages called city-states? Answer a, b, c, or d a)each settlement served the Sumerian empire b)each settlement had its own ruler and farmland c)each settlement had its own irrigation system d)each settlement recorded the empire's history
b
The earliest cities in Sumer date back to...? Answer a, b, c, or d a)2500 BCE b)3000 BCE c)3500 BCE d)5000 BCE
c
What is the Stele of Vultures? Answer a, b, c, or d a)The name of the first city-state b)an irrigation system that supplied Mesopotamia c)a slab of stone inscribed with letters and pictures found in modern day Iraq d)a type of people who fought reckless battles
c
What is the longest river in southwestern Asia? Answer a, b, c, or d a)Sumer River b)Tigris River c)Euphrates River d)Zagros River
c
What new type of new community living was created when villages worked together to create an irrigation system for controlling the water supply? Answer a, b, c, or d a)separatist states b)jails c)city-states d)apartments
c
What was one of the four key problems with trying to survive in Mesopotamia. Answer a, b, c, or d a)animals weren't available for food and work b)Kellie couldn't get wifi for her kindle c)difficulty building and maintaining irrigation d)materials for tools could not be found
c
What was one of the four key problems with trying to survive in Mesopotamia. Answer a, b, c, or d a)too many stones had to moved b)there wasn't enough trees for use in building shelter c)attacks by neighbor communities d)water did not flow down hill
c
What word means "the land between the rivers" and is the name of an area of land near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers during Neolithic times? Answer a, b, c, or d a)Sumer b)Tigris c)Mesopotamia d)Zagros
c
Why didn't Sumerians continue living in small villages like their ancestors? Answer a, b, c, or d a)they needed more land so they could gather enough food b)they needed more trees so they could build more homes c)they had to work together to maintain the irrigation system d)they had to live together to protect themselves from outsides
c
Food shortages in foothills of Zagros Mountains happened around... Answer a, b, c, or d a)2500 BCE b)3000 BCE c)3500 BCE d)5000 BCE
d
What area of foothills in northern Mesopotamia had mild weather and plenty of rain making it an ideal place to farm? Answer a, b, c, or d a)Sumer Farmlands b)Tigris Shoreline c)Mesopotamia Plains d)Zagros Mountains
d
What happened when people from many villages used water from Sumerian irrigation systems? Answer a, b, c, or d a)cities had to have moats to store water outside there walls b)cities had to limit the numbers of people who could have farms c)people in the villages had to develop a language they could all speak d)people in the villages had to work together to take care of the system
d
What is the name for a means of supplying land with water? Answer a, b, c, or d a)levee b)moat c)trough d)irrigation system
d
What was one of the four key problems with trying to survive in Mesopotamia. Answer a, b, c, or d a)levees couldn't be built b)bread didn't grow there c)tools were advanced beyond their years d)uncontrolled water supply on plains
d
What was the name of the two rivers that bordered Mesopotamia? Answer a, b, c, or d a)Sumer and Mesopotamia b)Mesopotamia and Euphrates c)Sumer and Tigris d)Euphrates and Tigris
d
