Rise of Sumerian City-States | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Why did the irrigation system did constant repair?

Silt would build up and clog the irrigation system

A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks is called a _________

Levee

How many 6th grade Core teachers are there?

6

As the Sumerians worked together to maintain the irrigation system, villages grew into _______

towns

Why did farmers in Sumer struggle to raise crops throughout the year?

The rivers flooded unpredictably & other times it was too hot & dry for anything to grow

Due to a lack of food, people moved out of the foothills and onto the plains, to a place called _________.

Sumer

"The land between two rivers" AKA _________

Mesopotamia

Do you have school on Monday?

No

Name one way that Sumerians learned to control water.

Dug canals, built levees, constructed dams, collected water in pools

Why were the river plains a good place for the people to move to?

The rivers would flood = food can grow = life

The Tigris and __________ rivers surrounded the area that is known as Mesopotamia.

Euphrates

A means of supplying land with water is called ________

Irrigation

Fine particles of rock is called __________

Silt

As Sumerian cities grew, what did they start to fight over?

Water!

An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government is called a __________

City-state

Why did villages have to to work together to maintain the irrigation systems?

Because their water all came from the same river, so they needed to cooperate so they could all have water

How did Sumerians protect themselves from neighboring attacks?

Built walls around their city and dug moats outside the city walls

What day does the 1st quarter end?

October 7th

What is the name of the OIS mascot?

Buddy