Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

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Known as the "land between two rivers"

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Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamian homes were made of:

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reed and mud brick

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Earth, sand, etc., carried and deposited by moving water.

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Silt

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What happened to the Sumerians?

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They disappeared for reasons still unknown.

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What were the two important rivers in Mesopotamia?

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Tigris and Euphrates

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The plains of Mesopotamia received lots of rain year around which caused flooding.

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True

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The Tigris river was the only river that the early Sumerians used to irrigate farms with.

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False

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True or False: Sumer was in Mesopotamia.

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True

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True or False: The Sumerians lived in city-states.

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True

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Based on the passage, which statement is TRUE? Options: the Sumerians lived in the northern region of Mesopotamia, their cities, temples, and palaces were built of timber, their cities, temples, and palaces were built out of mud bricks, they did not develop the world's first known writing.

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Their cities, temples, and palaces were built out of mud bricks.