The Geography of the Fertile Crescent

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• rich farmland

• "between the rivers"

• fertile crescent

• a messy pot of Amia

What is the fertile crescent?

• A large swath of desert extending from the Persian Gulf to the Black Sea.

• A large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.

• A small area where early humans built brick homes.

• A skinny moon shaped tool used in early agriculture.

When were farming settlements first in the Mesopotamia?

• around 1977

• around 1000 AD

• around 7000 BC

• around 1000 BC

The valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates were the site of the world first civilizations.

• True

• False

Much of what is known as the "fertile crescent" is in modern day...

• Iraq

• France

• Australia

• China

Which of the following is a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks?

• mulch

• salt

• silt

• sand

When farmers produce a food surplus, that meant they had...

• syrup plus some chocolate

• a man plus extra money

• more food than they needed

• a lack of crops

A way of supplying water to an area of land is called...

• water

• irrigation

• flood masters

• complex buildings

The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task is called a _______ __ ________.

• task separation plan

• division of labor

• speciality monitor

• jobs chart

When did Mesopotamian settlements first develop into cities?

• about 1000 AD

• 1965 AD

• between 2000 and 1000 BC

• between 4000 and 3000 BC