Chapter 3.1 Geography of the Fertile Crescent

_______ means "land between two rivers." 

• Crescent
• Euphrates
• Tigris
• Mesopotamia

The Fertile Crescent is

• a large arc o rich, or fertile, farm land that extends from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.

• a river between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean

• Land between two rivers

• the two rivers Euphrates and Tigris

What was the purpose of irrigation?

• keep crops dry
• to provide water to crops
• provide indoor plumbing
• give people drinking water

The Fertile Crescent....

• was a large geographical region
• stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
• was the location where the earliest civilization started
• all of these

Which problem did Mesopotamian's have to solve to protect their fields and homes?

• how to control flooding
• how to prevent wind erosion
• how to build bricks when they had no timber or stone
• how to defend against attacks from traders

What did canals help with?

• Bringing a single ruler
• Decreasing the Population
• Controling Floods
• Bringing Drinking Water

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

• India
• Egypt
• China
• Iraq

After the rivers flooded a mixture of rich soil called ___________ covered the land and made it good for farming.

• Ziggurat
• Silt
• Polytheism
• Top Soil

Each worker specializing in a task or job is known as ______________.

• Polytheism
• Irrigation
• Division of Labor
• Hammurabi's Code

What two rivers were part of the Fertile Crescent?

• Mississippi & Missouri
• Nile & Amazon
• Tigris & Euphrates
• Rio Grande & Rock