Vocabulary
Geography
City-States
Problems
Solutions
100
a ditch dug around a city-state and filled with water
What is a moat?
100
longest river in southern Asia
What is the Euphrates River?
100
What two things were built to protect city-states?
What are walls and moats?
100
problem for people of the Zagros Mountains
What are food shortages - BONUS - dramatic increase in population?
100
This is what ancient Mesopotamians did when they didn't have enough land to grow crops for their increasing populations.
What is moved to the plains of southern Mesopotamia - or the land between two rivers?
200
used to block/limit the amount of water that flows in the river - helps to form a lake
What is dam?
200
Name the two rivers of Sumer. Double Jeopardy if you can provide the meaning of this crescent shaped area.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? What is the land between two rivers?
200
What would you see if you happened upon a city-state?
What are moats, a walled city, and farms?
200
annual flooding and little water at other times
What is uncontrolled water supply?
200
Sumerians built this to control the water.
What is a complex irrigation system?
300
a mud wall with holes poked into it that allows water to flow through to the fields
What is levee?
300
Describe the environment of Sumer.
What is hard, dry soil, few trees, and few rocks. Could also say that the rivers flood annually - uncontrolled water supply?
300
They used these to build much of their city-state.
What are mud bricks?
300
This is problem occurred when people from many villages used Sumerian irrigation systems.
What are clogged canals, or keeping irrigation system clean or maintaining the complex irrigation systems?
300
Conflict with other villages led to this when maintaining irrigation systems.
What is learning to work together / cooperating with each other.
400
used to collect water for future use
What is a reservoir?
400
type of environment of the Zagros Mountains - two characteristics ~ name three and you earn 100 bonus points
What is mild weather, plentiful rain, many trees and rocks
400
This occurred when several villages had to maintain an irrigation system.
What are conflicts & fighting with other villages?
400
Learning to work together as well as building moats and dams led to the formation of this.
What are city-states?
500
a slab that has a story carved into it
What is a stele?
500
Known as present day Iraq
What is Mesopotamia?
500
What led to the formation of city-states.
What are food shortages in the foothills of the Zagros Mtns, uncontrolled water supply, complex irrigation systems, and attacks by neighboring communities?
500
Name three problems Mesopotamians encountered when living in the southern part of Mesopotamia (Sumer). Name all five and receive a 500 point bonus.
What are 1. uncontrolled water supply 2. hard, dry soil 3. strong winds 4. no natural barriers for protection 5. not enough trees or stones for making tools
500
Explain IN DETAIL why Sumerians needed to build complex irrigation systems. Points will be determined by the quality of answer you give. You make take a moment to write down your thoughts before giving your answer.
What is 100 - control the water supply up to 1000 - the plains of Sumer had a hard dry soil and weren't good for growing crops without a reliable source of water. A complex irrigation system allowed Sumerians the ability to control the water, get it to their crops, and have water year round.
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