Geography of Mesopotamia

Which environmental factor is the most important in determining where civilizations settled?

• Water

• Topography

• Minerals

• Vegetation

How did civilizations use minerals?

• Metal tools and weapons

• Watering crops

• Building shelter

• Flat/fertile farmland

Which civilization is known as the "land between rivers"?

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Indus

• China

What two rivers flowed in Mesopotamia?

• Nile and Indus

• Missouri and Mississippi

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Huang He and Jordan

Why did people settle in Mesopotamia?

• Deserts and Mountains

• Minerals and Vegetation

• Water and Fertile Soil

• Weather and Climate

New agricultural techniques like irrigation allowed people to create...

• a food surplus.

• a social structure.

• a religious society.

• a government system.

Why was the yearly flooding important in Mesopotamia?

• It created a lake for fishing.

• It provided an area for swimming.

• It washed away the dirt and mud.

• It deposited silt, or fertile soil for farming.

Which agricultural technique watered crops during dry periods?

• Plow

• Sickle Blade

• Cultivation

• Irrigation

How did Mesopotamians protect themselves from invaders?

• Built irrigation ditches to keep invaders out.

• Hid out on the surrounding mountain tops.

• Built fortified walls of mud brick.

• Prayed to the god of war.

The flat land bordering the banks of a river is called (a)...

• irrigation.

• floodplain.

• silt.

• gulf.