Rivers= water for People, animals, crops,

trade, transportation

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Fertile=Good for growing

crops

Mesopotamia : Nomads to Farmers Movie Questions

1.What was the first thing the Sumerians got really good at?

Farming and agriculture

2. Why was Sumer such a good location for farming?

It was located in a river valley

3. What does Mesopotamia mean?

Land between two rivers

4. What do the rivers leave behind that make the land good for growing crops?

Rich soil5. What types of food did the Sumerians grow and eat?

Barley, wheat, beans, vegetables, melons, dates, apples, figs, grapes, milk,Cheese, meat, fish

6. What did the Sumerians build to control the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

Levees

7. What tool did the Sumerians develop that helped them plant?

Plow pulled by oxen

8. How many months and days did the Sumerian calendar have?

Calendar based on moon and stars with 12 months and 30 days

9. What was their system of writing called?

Cuneiform

10.Sumerians were the first people to write down their....

Laws

11. What was their best invention?The wheel

12. The villages in Sumer eventually got bigger and were called....

City-states

13. What were Sumerian temples called?Ziggurats

14. Who lived in the larger two-story houses near the temple?

Wealthy people like priests and merchants

15. Who lived farther away from the temple in one-story houses?

Craftsmen and shopkeepers

16. What did they make their bricks out of?

Mud baked in the sun

17. What types of jobs were there in Sumer?

Scribes, fishermen, grain grinders, potters, traders, musicians, slaves

18. Who owned the land and everything on it?The gods

19. How did the people get their food?

They gave the gods everything they grew and then the priests would distribute it to all

the people

20. Who ruled each city-state and how was he chosen?

A king chosen by the gods