EASY
The environment of Sumer was....
low and felt, little rain
One factor that made faming difficult in the area of Sumer was...
Lack of rainfall
Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer
It clogged the irrigation cannals
Problem 1. Food shortages in the foothills
solution 1. Moving south to the plains
an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
city state
The name of MESOPOTAMIA comes from its location, which was....
Land between 2 rivers
Why did the rivers flood in the spring?
snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began
Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?
Problem 2. Uncontrolled water supply
Solution 2. They built irrigation systems
one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
Euphrates river
Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?
Each of them had their own ruler and farmland
What development caused food shortages in the Zagros Mountains?
Increase in population
Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with
Bricks made of mud
Problem 3. Silt clogged the irrigation systems
solution 3. They worked together to maintain the systems
a strong disagreement
dispute
What fact allowed Neolithic people to farm in the foothills of Zagros Mountains?
The region had plenty of rain
What was the chief purpose of the dams and reservoirs?
To store water for a later use
The people of Sumer constructed moats to
protect cities from attacks
problem 4. Other cities started to attack for control of water supply
solution 4. They made walls to protect their villages from the surrounding
in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
mesopitamia
What solution did people in Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?
Moving to the south
If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?
To prevent floods
What was Mesopotamia?
in ancient times the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Vocab- arranged in a difficult way
complex
to build; usually some kind of structure, such as a house
construct