vocabulary
irrigation systems
attacks from neighboring communities
maintaining the water supply
problem/solution
100
a means of supplying land with water
What is an irrigation system?
100
with a hole poked into it, it helped to control the water supply in Sumer
What is a levee?
100
because of this, the Sumerians needed to develop protection of their city-states.
What is fighting for the right to use the water?
100
true or false? the irrigations systems provided enough water for sumerian farmers to grow enough food.
true
100
problem: uncontrolled water supply
solution: irrigation systems
200
a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
What is a levee?
200
it blocked the water and forced it to collect into pools.
What is a dam?
200
true or false? the plains provided adequate protection from the neighbors.
false
200
because this would happen, the canals had to be cleaned regularly.
What are mud clogs?
200
problem: difficulties maintaining the irrigation systems
solution: worked with neighboring farmers to keep it working
300
ancient people who lived in the southern part of Mesopotamia.
Who are the Sumerians?
300
these shaped the paths the water took
What are canals?
300
the material used to build walls
What are mud bricks?
300
true or false? farmers continued to live in small groups, and isolated from other groups.
false
300
problem: food shortage in northern mesopotamia
solution: move south to sumer
400
an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
What is a city-state?
400
large storage areas for water
What is a reservoir?
400
true or false? both the houses and the farms were behind the city walls.
false.
400
farmers did this to keep water levels in the reservoirs balanced.
What is scooped water from one reservoir to the other?
400
problem: neighboring communities were fighting over the right to use the water
solution: sumerians built walls to protect themselves
500
"the land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
500
the communities learned to work together in order to do this.
What is maintain the irrigation systems?
500
Sumerians also used these to help protect themselves.
What are moats?
500
true or false? some towns in sumer grew to have populations in the thousands.
true.
500
problem: difficulty maintaining water and irrigation systems alone
solution: worked together with neighbors
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