Location and change in life
Irrigation
city-states
Defense
Vocab
100
Mesopotamia is located in the modern country of
Iraq
100
In Sumer, the water supply was
unreliable. Farmers had either too much water or too little.
100
How was a city state ran
with its own ruler and goverment
100
What two items defended the city?
walls and a Moat
100
Levee
An embankment built to prevent the over flood of a river
200
Where was the ancient land known as Mesopotamia?
in southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
200
What was the key to successful farming in Sumer?
controlling the water supply
200
What caused Sumerians to build larger communities?
the need to maintain irrigation systems
200
what weapons did the Sumerian have?
Spears and sharp sticks
200
Euphrates River
Longest river in western Asia.Defines Mesopotamia
300
In Neolithic times, the first people to begin farming in Mesopotamia lived
in the Zagros Mountains
300
Why did farmers clean canals regularly?
A clogged canal could spoil the entire system.
300
The earliest settlements in Mesopotamia were like small, independent countries. They are called
city-states
300
what was the purpose of moats
To protect the city from attackers
300
Tigris river
the 2nd river to define mespotoamia.
400
What drove people to move out of the foothills to the plains of Sumer?
the need for food
400
When farmers cleaned the canals, they were working for
The common good
400
The foothills provided conditions that were good for farming and building shelters. What conclusion can you draw from this statement?
People settled in one place, and the population grew
400
What were the walls built of?
Sun-baked mud bricks
400
A large natural or man made lake used to store water
Resevoir
500
What was the major disadvantage to the rapid population growth in the foothills?
food shortages
500
Suppose you are a Sumerian farmer, and you don’t like having to clean out canals. What might happen if you refused to help?
The system could clog up and ruin everyone’s crops.
500
Whats the defn. of city-state
Has own Ruler and farmland
500
How did the Sumerian city walls relate to the environment?
The walls were made of bricks using local mud
500
A deposit of sediment like sand often found in rivers
Silt
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