Creating a Stable Food Supply
During the Paleolithic Age, people gained food by _____ and ______.
Hunting and gathering
Mesopotamia is also known as what?
The Fertile Crescent
One of the areas that had good crop growing conditions is located in ____
Zagros mountains
The communities attacked them because...
The water did not reach the end of the river
the Sumerians progressed from living in small farming villages to building _____ A. Cities B. Counties C.Walled State-citys D.Walled City-states
Walled city-states
Instead of gathering plants in the wild, people found out that they could plant ___ and harvest ___
Seeds and harvest crops
Which rivers surround Mesopotamia?
Tigris River and the Euphrates River
What made the foothills good to farm?
The good weather conditions
People upriver built canals or _____ people down rivers canals
blocked
Food shortages had forced settlers in Mesopotamia to move from the foothills down to ____ A. River valleys B. Desert land C. Lakes
River valleys
Farmers learned how to _______ animals.
Domesticate.
What was the main issue in the plains between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River?
The sun beamed down harshly and there was little rain.
historians believe that by 5000 B.C.E., farmers in the Zagros foothills did not... A. Survive the winter B. Participate in farming C. Have enough land to grow their crops
Have enough land to grow their crops
The plains provided no _____ for self-defense A. Natural barriers B. Weapons C. Trees
Natural barriers
Sumerians had to cooperate with one another. This led to the creation of the first... A. Declaration of independence B. Set of rules C. Walled city-states.
Walled city-states
At which age did the process of agriculture development begin?
Neolithic Age
What was difficult to find in the plains?
A. Mud B. Sand C. Horses D. Building materials
Building materials
During most of the year in the foothills and to the south the land was.. A. Moist B. Dead C. Hard and dry
Hard and dry
The Sumerians built ____ to protect themselves
A. Spears B. Wagons C. Moats
Moats
To control the water supply, Sumerians built ____
A. Irrigation system B. Roads C. Walls
Irrigation system
The growing of crops and domestication of animals is called ___
A. Domestication process B. Changing ages C. New age D. Agriculture
Agriculture
Which four problems did people face in Mesopotamia?
1. Food shortages
2. Uncontrollable water supply
3. difficulties in building and maintaining systems that provided water across village boundaries
4. Attacks from other communities
Desperate to grow food, people moved... A. Nowhere, they stayed in the same spot and prayed B. North C. Into plains
Into the plains
The walled cities were later called ____
A. States B. Countries C. Cities D. City-States
City-states
By 3000 B.C.E., the solutions of the occurring problems led for small villages to be turned into ____ A. Large walled city-states B. Countries C. separated communities
Large walled city-states