Geography
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
What is "Between Rivers"
What problem did Sumerian farmers have on the plains?
What is uncontrolled water supply
Who were the people in the first known civilization
What is Sumerians
What state is Miss Heinzelmann from?
What is Arkansas
Independent city with a government.
What is city-state
What TWO rivers does Mesopotamia fall between?
What is Tigris and Euphrates
What was the weather in Sumer like MOST of the year?
What is dry and hot
How are things recorded in Sumerian City-states?
What is scribe
What city was Miss Heinzelmann born in?
What is Little Rock
Why did the Sumerian people move out of the Zagros foothills?
What is food shortage
Why did Sumerian farmers move to the plains?
What is growing population caused a food shortage
How did neighboring Sumerian City-States work together and depend on each other?
What is to clean out silt from irrigation system
How old is Miss Heinzelmann?
What is 23
In the Spring, what was a problem farmers faced on the plains?
What is melted snow caused flooding on the plains
What is ONE farming technique Sumerians used to regulate water?
What is levee, canal, dam
What did Sumerians do to protect themselves?
What is build walls and moats
When is Miss Heinzelmann's birthday?
What is March 3rd
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is the general area of the Sumer region and Mesopotamia called?
What is Fertile Crescent
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
How did Sumerian farmers fix the uncontrolled water supply in their farms?
What is irrigation system
What did city-states fight over?
What is water
Where did Miss Heinzelmann go to college?
What is University of Kansas