Social Studies Ch. 5 Lesson

Where was Mesopotamia?

• Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
• Southwest Asia
• South Africa

How did the Fertile Crescent get its name?

• It was shaped like a crescent moon
• It came from the arc of fertile land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
• Land that was flooded

What was the most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile?

• annual flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
• annual flooding of the Red Sea
• Picking the right seeds and crops

How did a division of labor help Mesopotamia grow?

• people had more babies
• people developed other ways to make money other than farming
• more laws were made

Why was developing the water supply so important to farmers?

• farmers needed something to drink
• they built up riverbanks
• when the rivers flooded, crops, livestock, and homes were destroyed

Which word means "an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began?"

• silt 
• Fertile Crescent
• irrigation

Which word means "finely ground fertile soil that is good for growing crops?"

• surplus
• canals
• silt

Which word means "a way of supplying water to an area of land?"

• division of labor
• surplus
• irrigation

Which word means "a human-made waterway?"

• canal
• fertile crescent
• silt

Which word means "more of something than is needed?"

• irrigation
• silt
• surplus