Section 1 &2
True or False:
Rivers flooding was NOT a problem in Mesopotamia
FALSE
It was a Big problem
What was the weather like during Spring in Sumer?
In spring the rivers flooded the plains with rain
Fill in the Blank:
Sumer was unprotected...
It had NO _________ /__________.
Walls or Mountains
Name Anyof the 4 problems the Sumerians faced.
No food in Zargos Mountains
Blocked irrigation systems
Too much or too little water
City-states fought over water
What is a city-state?
An early city that was like a small independent country. It had it's own laws and government.
What was an advantage of living in the Zargos Mountains?
Mild Weather
Plenty of Rain
stones and wood
Sumer had A LOT of WATER... Why was this a PROBLEM?
Crop would get flooded
What did the Sumerians fight over?
Water
Name a SOLUTION to ANY of the problems the Sumerians faced:
Moved to Sumer
Built irrigation systems
Farmers worked together
Built walls and dug moats
What are the name of the 2 rivers in Sumer?
Euphrates and Tigris River
In 5000 B.C.E. farmers had no land for growing food... What was the SOLUTION?
Moved to flat plains, called SUMER
Sumer had A LOT of WATER... What was the SOLUTION?
Irrigation Systems like levee or canals
True or False:
City-States had their own rules and government
True
Name ANY of the 4 problems the Sumerians faced:
No food in Zargos Mountains
Blocked irrigation systems
Too much or too little water
City-states fought over water
What is a wall built to prevent a river from flooding called?
A levee
Who were the Sumerians?
Ancient people who lived in Sumer
section 4:
What new problem did the Sumerian farmers have with the irrigation systems?
They had to maintain the irrigation systems.
Sumerians fought over water...How did they solve this problem?
Built walls around the cities and dug moats to surround it
Name a SOLUTION to ANY of the problems the Sumerians faced:
Moved to Sumer
Built irrigation systems
Farmers worked together
Built walls and dug moats
Fill in the Blank:
The canals would get blocked with ______.
Silt
True or False:
In Mesopotamia the SOUTH was hilly and got rain
False
The NORTH was hilly and got rain.
What would block the CANALS?
Silt
True or False:
City-States were Very Big.
False
Name a type of irrigation system the Sumerians used:
Canal
Levee
Dam
Reservoir
In ancient times,
What was the area called between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Mesopotamia