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Due: Wed. 10/19
1. Define the following:
 City-state:___________________________________________________________________________
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Sumer:______________________________________________________________________________
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Mesopotamia:________________________________________________________________________
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Levee:_______________________________________________________________________________
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Silt:_________________________________________________________________________________
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2. Why did the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flood in the spring?
3. What was the purpose of dams and reservoirs?
4. Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?
5. Describe the environment of Sumer.
6. What advantages made farming possible in the Zagros Mountains?
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7. Describe the Sumerian’s solutions to each problem.
Problem
Food shortages in the foothills
Uncontrolled water supply in the river valley
Silt clogging the canals and irrigation ditches
Neighboring communities fighting over water
8. What caused food shortages in the foothills?
9. Why was it difficult to raise crops in Sumer?
10. Why did the Sumerians build levees?
11. Why was silt a problem for the Sumerians’ irrigation system?
Due: Wed. 10/19
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12. Why could Sumerian farmers no longer live apart, or in small groups?
Due: Wed. 10/19
13. What did Sumerians use to build strong walls to protect their cities?
14. From 3500 to 3000 BCE, what did Sumerian farming villages develop into?
15. Draw a simple diagram of a Sumerian city-state with all the solutions they had to solve their geographic
problems. Then, pick 3 solutions and explain what geographic challenge led to the solution and how the
solution addresses the geographic challenge.