True or False: Sumerians were the first people to create written language.
True
What are the two rivers on the sides of Mesopotamia
A. Hudson and Nile
B. Connecticut and Mississippi
C. Tigris and Euphrates
C. Tigris and Euphrates
Why did people decide to move from North Mesopotamia (hill areas) to south Mesopotamia?
A. The climate was better in the south
B. There was more food in the south
C. They were running out of natural resources in the north
C. They were running out of natural resources in the north
Where were farms located in relation to cities?
A. Inside the walls of the city
B. Outside the walls of the city
B. Outside the walls of the city
How did Sumerians get water for the whole city?
A. irrigation systems
B. Camels
C. they didn't
A. irrigation systems
What did the people do with wood and rocks?
A. Hit each other
B. Make shelters and tools
C. Make cars
B. Make shelters and tools
What was the land of Mesopotamia like?
A. Hilly in the north, plains in the south
B. An island
C. All mountains
A. Hilly in the north, plains in the south
When did the first cities start to be built?
A. 2020
B. 1950
C. 5,500 BCE
C. 5,500 BCE
Who was in charge of keeping irrigation systems clean/working for the cities?
A. Farmers
B. Kings
C. Fish
A. Farmers
True or False: Each city acted like a small country
True
What did Sumerians build to keep water in place?
A. dams
B. bridges
C. buckets
A. dams
What is the system called that Mesopotamians created to water their crops?
A. Hose
B. Irrigation
C. Sprinklers
B. Irrigation
True or False: Having a steady water supply through the city helped the population grow.
True
True or False: When they ran out of space to farm in the hills, people moved to farming on the plains.
True
What does Mesopotamia mean?
A. Land under rivers
B. Land between rivers
C. Land with no rivers
B. Land between rivers
True or False: Mesopotamia always had a perfect amount of rainfall
False
What is one way cities protected themselves from attacks?
A. They ran away
B. They moved
C. They built a wall surrounding the city
C. They built a wall surrounding the city
What resources (besides food) did the mountains provide?
A. nothing
B. skiing
C. wood and rocks
C. wood and rocks
What did they call the land settled when people left Mesopotamia?
A. Mesopotamia junior
B. Egypt
C. Sumeria
C. Sumeria
What did Sumerians build on the sides of rivers to control flooding?
A. levees
B. bridges
C. walls
A. levees
What was the name of the new place people settled?
A. Mesopotamia
B. China
C. Africa
A. Mesopotamia
What did cities typically fight over?
A. resources
B. clothes
C. cars
A. resources
True or False: Sumerian cities would often trade with each other for certain resources.
True
Where did farmers start growing their food?
A. desert
B. river
C. hilly area
C. hilly area