A Difficult Environment
The word Mesopotamia means "____________ ".
What is "land between rivers" or "...between two rivers"
Oxen were used to pull this agricultural (technological) innovation
What is the plow?
This city-state was the capital of Sumer
What is Ur?
A system to control water was a technological innovation and a way to adapt to their environment
What is irrigation system?
This 'great' ruler of Akkad conquered Sumer
Who is Sargon the Great?
Mesopotamia is between these rivers.
What are Tigris and Euphrates?
Severe food shortages in a land is called this
What is a famine?
The reason silt was a problem for the people of Sumer
What is clogged the canals?
The technological innovations of dams and reservoirs main purpose was this
What is "to store water for later use"?
This basic form of Sumerian writing was based on images of objects
What is cuneiform?
The early civilization of Sumer was organized in this type of settlement with its own ruler
What are separate "city-states"?
This was a protection tax that was collected by the Akkadian Empire
What is a tribute?
Using natural resources, Sumerians built strong walls with this
What are "mud bricks"?
Multiple Choice: Which of the following describes the water supply for the Sumerian farmers?
A: Farmers had too much water all the time
B: Famers never had enough water
C: Farmers either had too much or too little water
What is "C" Farmers had too much or too little water.
This was the purpose of ziggurats
What is the center of religious worship?
Mesopotamia is located in the modern country of ___
What is Iraq?
The melting snow of mountains and rain would often deposit this on the riverbanks
What is rich soil (or silt)?
The key to successful farming in Sumer allowed them to control this
What is the water supply/rivers?
This became the main problem with the irrigation canals
What is clogged with silt?
Sargon kept people loyal by allowing this in the conquered areas
What is keeping local customs and rulers?
The major reason that civilization developed in Mesopotamia
What is fertile soil for farming?
A good resource in the foothills for building shelters
What are trees/wood/timber?
What is the Persian Gulf?
The main reason the villages of Sumer depended on each other.
What is to cooperate to keep the water systems working?
This was the major reason that the Akkadian Empire fell
It became too big to control and maintain order?